America loves a good sports movie and audiences helped make the baseball biopic 42 the number one film this weekend, with $27 million in ticket sales. The movie garnered an A+ from audiences via Cinemascore and seems to be universally praised by audiences and a majority of critics. It’s not clear what the long play is [...]
5 Issues That Hollywood May Omit in ’42′
April 4, 2013 | Posted by
I’m both excited and apprehensive about the upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic, 42. I’m excited because any high-profile film and attendant discussion about the man Martin Luther King, Jr., called “a freedom rider before freedom rides” should be a positive. I’m excited because the film might stir people to read brilliant books like Jules Tygiel’s Baseball’s Great Experiment, [...]
Michelle Obama Says Jackie Robinson Biopic Delivers Important Message
April 3, 2013 | Posted by
During a private screening event for 42, a biopic detailing the life of Jackie Robinson, first lady Michelle Obama Tuesday told an audience of students that watching the depiction of racism in the tale of baseball’s integration was upsetting. The first lady and President Barack Obama viewed the movie over the weekend, and she said [...]
Pres. Obama Wants to Visit Atlanta Set of Jackie Robinson Bio-Pic, ’42′
June 24, 2012 | Posted by
President Barack Obama heads back to Atlanta for more fundraising this week, and reportedly wants to visit the set of a movie filming here. Deadline reports that Obama wants to visit the set of “42,” the movie about baseball great Jackie Robinson. Actor Chadwick Boseman plays the athlete who broke MLB’s color line by joining [...]
