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The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey, the MLB executive who first signed Robinson to the minors and then helped to bring him up to the show.
Events
April 22nd , 1947, Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman calls Jackie Robinson a "nigger"
September 17th , 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, sending them to the World Series
Directed by Brian Helgeland
Starring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni
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