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Black Magic

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(No longer in theaters)
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  • Director: Dan Klores   Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Wynton Marsalis, Chris Paul
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Genre

Documentary

Producer

Libby Geist

Distributor

ESPN

Release Date

Jan 31, 2008

Review

Dan Klores’s documentary is an exhaustive exhumation of basketball’s desegregation during the civil-rights movement. Using 200 hours of interviews—you’ll recognize big shots like Willis Reed, Earl Monroe, Avery Johnson, Ben Wallace—and old footage, the film captures plenty of discrimination but also shows the pride and enormous influence that leagues at historically black colleges and universities have had on today’s game. Klores introduces his film tonight.

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