Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story

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Audience Member Never felt the movie brought out the compelling nature of this game, title is a bit misleading. The music that overplayed many of the interviews was loud and annoying, many were difficult to understand. Overall the movie was very good particularly the ending. I would recommend this. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Whereas most documentaries on the topic of race lecture sanctimoniously about oppressors vs the oppressed, and therefore do nothing to heal the divide, this one is a loving and nonjudgmental "how-to" that teaches us to overcome the divide with communication and love. It was fantastic. Yes, it was slow getting there, but the final 25 minutes is worth the buildup. If you aren't moved, or fail to see the value, you are part of the problem, not part of the solution. Commentary by Andrew Young and Henry Aaron make the point that, while we have progress yet to make, we should all take pride in the racial progress we have made in the past 60 years. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Watched this via Netflix. I'm not really a sports fan but the historical and cultural significance was far more important to see. Unexpectedly, I found this film to be incredibly beautiful! The real-life men who experienced this spoke with sensitivity, dignity and still with some minimal anger. The fact is their courage changed our Country! I am so glad I watched it. Loved those guys and their undying love for each other. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member The structure is a mess, as it is unclear when the interviews of the now-old players are taking place. Many seem to have been conducted before the 2016 "reunion" in Pensacola, but at least one made a reference to Charlottesville, which came after. That said, the unintentionally obtuse views of the white players, who clearly not only want to be seen as not racist but also do not want to be racist in fact, are quite illuminating. The arc of Stewart Hall's understanding of his own privilege and unintentional racism is the best documented of the bunch, but this particular story drops in and out of the movie and isn't presented with any coherence. As a notebook dump, there's a lot of good stuff here. As a window into recent history, there's a lot to learn. As a coherent piece of art, there's a lot to be desired. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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