On this episode of The Art of the Story, we focus on CLEMENTE, the emotional documentary about Pittsburghs great baseball icon, Roberto Clemente. The film will hit theaters September 12, 2025, three days before Major League Baseball’s Official Roberto Clemente Day.
The doc, presented by Vinegar Hill and mtuckman media, is directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker David Altrogge.
Altrogge and former minor league player, former New York Yankees broadcaster and philanthropist Roberto Clemente Jr., who both live in Pittsburgh, joined SportsJam with Doug Doyle to talk about the project that began in 2019.
CLEMENTE is told through stunning archival footage, never-before-heard recordings, and unprecedented interviews, the film reveals the story of a man who lived by his own uncompromising code. A double outsider—too Black for white America and too Latino for Black America—Clemente refused to stay silent in the face of racism and injustice.
Roberto Clemente was a celebrated Hall of Fame baseball player who tragically died in an airplane crash on December 31, 1972. At the time of his death, he was engaged in a humanitarian mission aimed at delivering aid to Nicaragua, which had recently experienced a devastating earthquake.
You can SEE the SportsJam interview with Roberto Clemente Jr. and David Altrogge below.
