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      Signs of the Time

      2008 1h 40m Documentary List
      Reviews Filmmaker Don Casper examines the origins of hand signals during the early days of baseball. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Signs of the Time is a weird little documentary chronicling the evolution of umpire hand signs in baseball. It's a bit all over the place, starting out in a modern day umpire training school, zooming back to deaf and mute player Dummy Hoy in the late 1800s, takes a tangent to a high school where a team is learning sign language and everywhere in between. The problem is no one actually agrees on where the hand signs came from. This revelation doesn't come until late in the hour film, though. I feel the film is too long and too short, all at the same time since it's hard to get the feeling the production was actually thought out in any meaningful way. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Signs of the Time is a weird little documentary chronicling the evolution of umpire hand signs in baseball. It's a bit all over the place, starting out in a modern day umpire training school, zooming back to deaf and mute player Dummy Hoy in the late 1800s, takes a tangent to a high school where a team is learning sign language and everywhere in between. The problem is no one actually agrees on where the hand signs came from. This revelation doesn't come until late in the hour film, though. I feel the film is too long and too short, all at the same time since it's hard to get the feeling the production was actually thought out in any meaningful way. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Filmmaker Don Casper examines the origins of hand signals during the early days of baseball.
      Director
      Don Casper
      Producer
      Ray Manard, Caroline Manard
      Screenwriter
      Jim Hughes
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 40m