SCREENING | A Long Way from Home
Event Information
Description
Join us for the FREE screening at Coral Gables Art Cinema on Tuesday, June 27
6 p.m. Reception
7 p.m. Screening followed by a Q&A with Gaspar González (Director), Matthew Frye Jacobson (Writer) and special guests to be announced.
Directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker Gaspar González, A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball’s Desegregation chronicles the struggles and triumphs of the pioneering black and Latino players who followed Jackie Robinson into white professional baseball, often playing minor-league ball in small, remote towns where racial segregation remained a fact of life well into the 1960s.
The documentary features original, revealing interviews with James “Mudcat” Grant, Grover “Deacon” Jones, Jimmy Wynn, J.R. Richard, Tony Pérez and Orlando Cepeda. These former MLB stars endured challenges linked to racism on and off the field to pursue their big-league dreams – and in doing so, played a significant (and, until now, underappreciated) role in making America’s pastime truly open to all.
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Organizer Hammer and Nail Productions
Organizer of SCREENING | A Long Way from Home
About the director:
Gaspar González has produced documentaries for the BBC, PBS, ESPN, and others. His credits include the national PBS release Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami, the Grantland short doc Gay Talese’s Address Book, and the ESPN 30 for 30 Short The Guerrilla Fighter. His work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the American Cinematheque.
