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Breaking Balls

Premiering at the 2017 Cleveland International Film Festival is a documentary about the sport of bocce, which dates back centuries to the Egyptians.  Today an estimated 25 million people play the game.  In the film, “ Breaking Balls,” produced by local filmmaker John Vourlis, he explores how northeast Ohio became a hotbed for the sport thanks to the growth of Cleveland’s Italian-American community.  That growth includes the start of the Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce tournament, held every year at the Italian-American Club in Wickliffe.