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A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation

A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation (2018)

0h 41m | PG-13

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Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line in 1947, but it took another generation of Black and Latino players to make the sport truly open to all. Playing in remote minor-league towns, these were the men who, before they could live their big-league dreams, first had to beat Jim Crow.

Director: Gaspar González

Studio: Hammer and Nail Productions

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

James 'Mudcat' Grant

James 'Mudcat' Grant

as James "Mudcat" Grant

Grover 'Deacon' Jones

Grover 'Deacon' Jones

as Grover "Deacon" Jones

Jimmy Wynn

Jimmy Wynn

as Jimmy Wynn

J.R. Richard

J.R. Richard

as J.R. Richard

Tony Pérez

Tony Pérez

as Tony Pérez

Orlando Cepeda

Orlando Cepeda

as Orlando Cepeda