Shadow Ball
Shadow Ball
1994
Documentary, Sport
TV Episode
The title refers to a common pre-game feature in which the players staged a mock game with an imaginary ball. Though unintended, the pantomime was an apt metaphor for the exclusion of blacks from major league play at that time. (imdb)
Directed by:
Ken Burns
Writers:
Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward
17 total credits
Credits include: The Civil War, The Vietnam War, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, Huey Long and Hemingway
Starring:
Adam Arkin
111 total credits
He is the son of Oscar winning actor Alan Arkin. He played the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Tony (Best Actor, 1991, I Hate Hamlet) as well as 3 primetime Emmys, 4 SAG Awards (Ensemble, Chicago Hope), and a DGA Award (My Louisiana Sky). In 2002, Arkin won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for My Louisiana Sky.
32 total credits
Credits include: My Best Friend's Wedding, Three Men and a Baby, Kate & Leopold, Wonder Boys and Working Girl
11 total credits
Credits include: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Young Mr. Lincoln, Drums Along the Mohawk, The Return of Frank James and The Blue Bird
4 total credits
Credits include: It's Good to Be Alive, Only the Ball was White and Roogie's Bump
1 total credit
Credits include: Our Game, Shadow Ball and A Whole New Ballgame
1 total credit
Credits include: The Faith of Fifty Million People, A National Heirloom and Shadow Ball
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Directed by:
Ken BurnsWriters:
Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward 17 total credits
Credits include: The Civil War, The Vietnam War, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, Huey Long and Hemingway
Starring:
Adam Arkin 111 total credits
He is the son of Oscar winning actor Alan Arkin. He played the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Tony (Best Actor, 1991, I Hate Hamlet) as well as 3 primetime Emmys, 4 SAG Awards (Ensemble, Chicago Hope), and a DGA Award (My Louisiana Sky). In 2002, Arkin won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for My Louisiana Sky.
32 total credits
Credits include: My Best Friend's Wedding, Three Men and a Baby, Kate & Leopold, Wonder Boys and Working Girl
11 total credits
Credits include: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Young Mr. Lincoln, Drums Along the Mohawk, The Return of Frank James and The Blue Bird
4 total credits
Credits include: It's Good to Be Alive, Only the Ball was White and Roogie's Bump
1 total credit
Credits include: Our Game, Shadow Ball and A Whole New Ballgame
1 total credit
Credits include: The Faith of Fifty Million People, A National Heirloom and Shadow Ball
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