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The story of Jackie Robinson’s triumph over segregation in Major League Baseball has never received the Hollywood treatment. Thankfully, there’s “42” — the new Robinson biopic from filmmaker Brian Helgeland.
“42” comes 66 years after Robinson’s MLB debut — a time when so many young baseball fans don’t know the struggles and triumphs of the sport’s greatest trailblazer.
The film covers the two year time span from 1945 to 1947, culminating with Robinson’s signing to the Brooklyn Dodgers. [Read more…]
