The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) | Full Movie | Starring The REAL Jackie Robinson [CC]
Channel: Screen Prism
Date: 2024-02-02

THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY is a 1950 biographical black and white film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Jackie Robinson as himself. The movie is in part based on Robinson's own autobiography, My Own Story.

It focuses on Robinson's struggle with the abuse of bigots as he goes onto become the first African-American Major League Baseball (MLB) player. While the film doesn't shy completely away from racism, it doesn't go as deep as it could have.

The Jackie Robinson Story is apart of black cinema. Principal photography for the movie took place in the off-season following Robinson's third season with the Brooklyn Dodgers. A new copyrighted restored and colorized version was released in conjunction with the Jackie Robinson Foundation in 2008. Happy Black History Month!

This film is in the public domain meaning it has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Corporations lobbied Congress to get U.S. copyright laws extended by 20 years, twice! Because of that, it allows published works to be under copyright for almost a century and corporations to squeeze every last ounce of profit from them even long after the profitability has past. It keeps people from enjoying art, which is the purpose of art.

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