42: The Jackie Robinson film

So as of  April, 12, 2013 we have one the greatest stories told through way of film. 42, Directed by Brian Helgeland is the story of Jackie Robinson being one of the first to help integrate blacks into baseball and making history signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. It will star Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson, Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey and Nicole Beharie as Rachel Isum. Brian Helgeland who wrote the stories for the films L.A. Confidential and Nightmare on Elm street 4 has an academy award and has written this story and brought it to life on the big screen. Jackie Robinson was born January, 31, 1919 and from Cairo, Georgia made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers April, 15, 1947.  Robinson who is a 6 time All Star and 1955 World Series champion erased the color barrier in baseball. He is the first African-American to play since the 1880's. He was inducted into the hall of fame in 1962 for his more than exceptional achievements he contributed to baseball. Outside of baseball Robinson achieved more as well. He was the first African-American to become a television analyst in Major League baseball. He established the Freedom National bank a African -American owned financial institution in Harlem and for those achievements outside of baseball he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. With so many accomplishments in and outside of baseball there is much of a story to tell about Jackie Robinson in a film but most of all what needs to be highlighted alongside the legacy he built is his tolerance to endure the racial punishment he went through which made him become the legend he is today.