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  • Summary: A humorous and nostalgic documentary about an extraordinary baseball player who transcended ethnic and religious prejudice to become an American icon. (Cowboy Booking International)
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  1. A sprightly, lovingly researched, rather misty-eyed sports documentary that's steeped in ethnic pride.
  2. 91
    A rousing and agreeable movie that resurrects a small but important episode in baseball history that parallels the larger history of the nation.
  3. Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    80
    What director Aviva Kempner has done is shine a light into the past and recover a classic American hero, one with all the integrity, decency and largeness of spirit that we have been taught makes up the American character.
  4. Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    A fine, straightforward tribute to a sports giant who faced blatant prejudice and paved away for the likes Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron and other minorities who dared make a place for themselves as heroes of America's greatest pastime.

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