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    Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story

    2018 · Historical drama · 1h 27m

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  1. Apr 9, 2018 · Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story: Directed by Jon Strong. With Hank Aaron, Andrew Young, Cal Ripken, Gary Sheffield. In 1955, when racial segregation defined the South, two groups of twelve-year-old boys stepped onto a baseball field in a non-violent act of cultural defiance that would change the course of history.

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    • Documentary, History, Sport
    • Jon Strong
    • 2018-04-09
  2. 75% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score. In 1955 when racial segregation is rampant in the South, two groups of 12-year-old boys step onto a baseball field in an act of cultural defiance. Content...

    • (4)
    • Documentary, History, Drama
    • Jon Strong
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  4. Long Time Coming, which was added to the Netflix library recently, is a 2017 documentary film that looks at a relatively unknown piece of baseball history. In 1955, an all-Black youth...

    • Two Sides to Every Story
    • Recollections of Racism
    • Setting The Historical Context
    • 60 Years Later

    The documentary addresses the story through two points of view, now over 60 years removed from their fateful game all those years ago. Will Preyer is a native of Pensacola Florida. He seems well aware of the time lapse even as he’s made his individual peace with it. Eyes bright and warm, he says, “If you live long enough you’ll see time will catch ...

    In one interlude, Mr. Preyer takes a stroll to a statue honoring the uncrowned Confederate dead of the Civil War. He realizes others don’t think twice about it but he cannot help but imagine how many dead bodies of slaves are buried there too. It turns his stomach. Likewise, his teammates recount their own versions of this deep-rooted tradition of ...

    It’s at this point Long Time Comingveers away from its central premise in order to take a bird’s eye view of civil rights issues and the battles over racial discrimination in our country. In some regards, the subsequent montage covering expansive amounts of history feels like a digression but it also proves very pointed. It’s a way to fit our unher...

    The final act gives real goosebumps. It truly is 60 years in the making. Those who still remain gather in the opposing dugouts on the same field they played on back in 1955. The game day nerves are forgotten and replaced. Instead, we see something new. The smiles on the faces. The brotherhood. The community. The documentary’s title subtlely evokes ...

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    • Hank Aaron, Cal Ripken Jr., Gary Sheffield
    • 39
  6. May 28, 2019 · 286K subscribers. 6. 941 views 4 years ago. Film producer Ted Haddock and director Jon Strong introduce and discuss the film "Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story," which tells the...

    • 55 min
    • 941
    • Library of Congress
  7. Parents need to know that the 2017 documentary Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story looks at a historic 1955 Florida Little League Regional game between a black team and the only white team in that region willing to play them. The backdrop is the Jim Crow South -- where black 14-year-old Emmett Till had….

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