Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

Harvard Stadium, November 23, 1968: With Viet Nam raging, Nixon in the White House, and issues from civil rights to women's lib dividing the country, Harvard and Yale meet for the annual climax of the Ivy League football season - both teams undefeated for the first time since 1909. Using vintage game footage and remarkable candid contemporary interviews with the players that faced each other that day, filmmaker Kevin Rafferty crafts an alternately suspenseful, hilarious, and poignant portrait of American lives, American sports, and American ideals both tested on the playing field and transformed by turbulent times.

“PREPOSTEROUSLY ENTERTAINING...
pulses with the artful, exciting beats of a thriller.”
– Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

FOUR STARS; “CLOSE TO PERFECT;
folks who don’t have any inkling what an ‘I formation’ is
will still find themselves sucked into the film’s vortex.”
– David Fear, Time Out New York

“THE BEST FOOTBALL MOVIE I’VE EVER SEEN:
A particular day in history becomes a moment out of time.”
– J. Hoberman, The Village Voice

“A fascinating feat of cultural archeology.”
– Richard Brody, The New Yorker