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In 1946, Jackie Robinson is a Negro League baseball player who never takes racism lying down. Branch Rickey is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. To that end, Rickey recruits Robinson to break the unspoken color line as the first modern African American Major League player. As both anticipate, this proves a major challenge for Robinson and his family as they endure unrelenting racist hostility on and off the field, from player and fan alike. As Jackie struggles against his nature to endure such abuse without complaint, he finds allies and hope where he least expects it.

I enjoy history, and I love sports, which equals a great movie that everyone will enjoy.  It’s been awhile since high school and my 9^th grade history assignment to write about someone who changed history and my paper was on Jackie Robinson.  Not growing up in the time of this it’s always hard to imagine how things were and when you see it on TV or film it shocks me every time.  It doesn’t take long for Chadwick Boseman (Jackie Robinson) to grab you by the collar and take you on a fantastic emotionally stirring journey that makes you want to jump into the picture show and punch some ignorant a-holes in the face.  Harrison Ford (Branch Rickey) is absolutely fantastic in this movie and hopefully he will be remembered come next awards season.  Brian Helgeland (Director/Writer) created a visual masterpiece with the perfect amount of drama and humor to keep the story moving and it never falls flat.  One of the greatest baseball movies of all time, yes, all time. 

Enjoy the show.