Tribeca, in partnership with ESPN Films, has announced a summer sale offering for the first time a handful of independent sports films to over 40 million homes via VOD.
Kicking off June 23, the Tribeca Film On Demand slate features an eclectic range of sports stories, featuring documentaries (and one narrative) about cricket, baseball, soccer, tennis and touch football. Also on the menu will be select titles from ESPN’s very successful “30 for 30” series including: The Two Escobars, The U and Pony Excess.
The titles include:
“Catching Hell”-
When Chicagoan Steve Bartman fatefully deflected a pop fly foul ball in Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship, the city’s long-suffering Cubs fans found someone new to blame for their cursed century without a World Series title.
Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney explores the psychology of diehard sports fans, the frightening phenomenon of scapegoating, and the hysteria that turned mild-mannered Bartman into the most hated fan.
“Fire in Babylon”-
This is the story of the domination of the West Indian cricket team, who became the one of the greatest teams in sports history. 
Told in the words of the star players of the time, including Sir Viv Richards, Michael Holding, and Sir Clive Lloyd, Fire in Babylon illustrates how this exceptional team grabbed hold of the traditionally genteel game of the privileged elite and played it on their own terms.
“Renee”
Renée chronicles the life of trailblazing transsexual athlete Renée Richards, who shook the world of sports in 1977 with her controversial entry into the US Open. Simultaneously, it follows her today as she struggles to cope with a life of contradictions and personal conflict. Through interviews with tennis legends, family, friends and experts from the transsexual field, a story of perseverance, breakthrough and hardship unfolds.
“Turkey Bowl”
10 friends gather together every summer in LA to play the Turkey Bowl—a co-ed touch football game that brings a piece of small-town tradition to the urban sprawl—all for the beloved prize for the winning team… a turkey. Friendships flare and fade, jealousy is met with laughter and pain, old and unrequited love threatens to remain old and unrequited—all of these undercurrents are revealed in the unique, improvised rhythm of this backyard sport and this real-time comedy.
“Boys of Summer”
A scrappy Little League team from a tiny Caribbean island fights the odds to reach the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Curaçao youth baseball team has competed at the Little League World Series in America for an incredible seven consecutive years.
Over the course of one season, the boys face injuries and obstacles as they try to keep the winning streak alive. Determined team manager Vernon Isabella and his players learn the meaning of national pride in a story that travels from a humble island ball field to the international spotlight and back.
“For the past five years, an exceptional range of sports films have premiered at the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival. This summer, for the first time together with ESPN, we are excited to be able to bring a selection of high quality and diverse competition themed films to audiences nationwide On Demand,” said Geoffrey Gilmore, Chief Creative Officer, Tribeca Enterprises.
“We are honored each year to partner with the Tribeca Film Festival to deliver compelling sports stories that connect with a diverse audience of moviegoers,” said Connor Schell, executive producer, ESPN Films. 
“Being able to offer the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival On Demand gives us yet another platform to reach people who are interested in entertaining content that weaves together competition and sports themes with captivating human stories.”
