There’s no shortage of great movies about baseball, but there is a severe lack of films about the Negro leagues. The fifth inning of Ken Burns’ expansive “Baseball” covers them with admirable reverence, but feature-length projects — whether narrative or documentary — are vanishingly rare. “The League” is therefore something close to required viewing for devotees of our national pastime just by virtue of its existence, so it comes as a relief that Sam Pollard’s documentary (exec produced by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson) is also quite good on the merits.
Given his résumé, that shouldn’t come as a surprise. Pollard’s prior work as director includes “MLK/FBI” and “Citizen Ashe,” and he’s also edited several Spike Lee joints; in addition to a Peabody Award and career achievement prize from the International Documentary Association, he shared an Oscar nomination with Lee for 1997’s “4 Little Girls” about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Given his résumé, that shouldn’t come as a surprise. Pollard’s prior work as director includes “MLK/FBI” and “Citizen Ashe,” and he’s also edited several Spike Lee joints; in addition to a Peabody Award and career achievement prize from the International Documentary Association, he shared an Oscar nomination with Lee for 1997’s “4 Little Girls” about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
- 7/14/2023
- by Michael Nordine
- Variety Film + TV
When Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson and Anthony Michael Hall got together on Monday, it wasn't in the library at Shermer High. Rather, the four Brat Pack stars of the teen angst-defining movie The Breakfast Club reunited in New York City for a 25th anniversary screening of the '80s high school flick. The event, hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, also served as a celebration of the film's director, John Hughes, who passed away last year. Noticeably absent, of course, was Emilio Estevez. He was reportedly working on a film in Canada. Fair enough. At least he wasn't out taping Larry Lester's buns together again.
- 9/22/2010
- E! Online
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