Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop

Synopsis

In 1954, before his senior year of high school, Wilt Chamberlain took a summer job that would change his life, working as a bellhop at Kutsher's Country Club, a Jewish resort in the Catskill Mountains. An unexplored and pivotal chapter in the life of one of basketball's greatest players, and a fascinating glimpse of a time when a very different era of basketball met the Borscht Belt in its heyday.

CAST

Caroline Laskow

Director

Ian Rosenberg

Director

Wilt Chamberlain

Self (archive footage)

Caroline Laskow

Director

Ian Rosenberg

Director

Wilt Chamberlain

Self (archive footage)