Documentary about the Brooklyn Dodgers legend separates the complicated man from the saintly myth – and even debunks stories Burns repeated in BaseballThe Emmy award-winning film-maker Ken Burns has made documentaries about the American civil war,jazz, the famed case of the five black and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of gang-raping a woman in modern York’s Central Park and more. Now, and he and co-directors Sarah Burns and David McMahon turn their attentions to baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Their four-hour film will air on PBS on 11-12 April. Related: Donald Trump and the Central Park Five: the racially charged rise of a demagogue Continue reading...
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