SCREENTALK NJ | THE LEAGUE by Academy Award Nominee Sam Pollard

SCREENTALK NJ (s2e4)

SCREETALK NJ | "THE LEAGUE" FILM SCREENING & FILMMAKER CHAT

presented by the Somerset Patriots , Union County Board of County Commissioners |Plainfield Library & Queen City Film & Television Workshop

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THE LEAGUE celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth century. The story is told through previously unearthed archival footage and never-before-seen interviews with legendary players like Satchel Paige and Buck O'Neil -- whose early careers paved the way for the Jackie Robinson era -- as well as celebrated Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron who started out in the Negro Leagues. From entrepreneurial titans Cumberland Posey and Gus Greenlee, whose intense rivalry fueled the rise of two of the best baseball teams ever to play the game, to Effa Manley, the activist owner of the Newark Eagles and the only woman ever admitted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, THE LEAGUE explores Black baseball as an economic and social pillar of Black communities and a stage for some of the greatest athletes to ever play the game, while also examining the unintended consequences of integration.

A discussion will be conducted with the director, Academy Award Nominated, Sam Pollard immediately following the screening.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Lamar Mackson is a Producer and Assistant Director from Plainfield, NJ, and a member of the Director's Guild of America. His credits include; Damages starring Glenn Close, Kitchen Nightmares, Extreme Home Makeover, The Montel Williams Show, The Phil Donahue Show & Spike Lee's Summer of Sam. Mackson also served with director Tony Goldwyn on the Prolia commercial campaign. Lamar currently runs an indie focused production co., Nonstop Show Group, is the founder of the Queen City Film Festival, the Film Future Club and currently serves as Chairman of the Union County, NJ Film Advisory Board.

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Saturday , August 10, 2024

800 Park Ave

Plainfield, NJ 07060

12- 2pm

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The League

Sam Pollard

Produced by

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

Tarik " Black Thought" Trotter

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Plainfield Public Library, 800 Park Avenue, Plainfield, United States