Exploring Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson on Film
Based on the tearjerker novel by Mark Harris, Robert DeNiro stars as a naïve catcher who develops an unlikely friendship with a hotshot pitcher when he finds out he has Hodgkin’s disease.
Ken Burns’ nine “inning” documentary examines the history of America’s pastime, from its beginnings in the middle of the 19th century to the 1990s. Jackie Robinson is featured in Inning 6 (1940-1950: National Pastime) and Inning 7 (1950-1960: The Capital of Baseball).
This 14-episode series offers an in-depth look at the Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to the present. Available only on VHS.
Don Haskins, a future Hall of Fame coach of tiny Texas Western University, bucks convention in 1966 by simply starting the best basketball players he can find: history's first all-African American lineup.
Jackie Robinson plays…Jackie Robinson in this biopic that depicts Robinson’s sports career, focusing on the racial tension of his Major League career. Ruby Dee plays his wife, Rae.
The Rocket: The Legend of Rocket Richard
A movie about Canadian hockey – what does that have to do with Jackie Robinson? About the same time Jackie Robinson was working to integrate baseball, Maurice “The Rocket” Richard, from working-class French-speaking Quebec, was fighting prejudice in the National Hockey League.
