Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde ValleySedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley
    Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley
    • Home
    • Sedona News
      • Elections
    • Business Profiles
    • Opinion
    • Mind & Body
    • Arts
    • Gift Shop
    • Advertise
    Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde ValleySedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley
    Home»Arts & Entertainment»Sedona Film Fest presents ‘The League’ premiere July 14-20
    Arts & Entertainment

    Sedona Film Fest presents ‘The League’ premiere July 14-20

    Celebrate the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball’s triumphs and challenges
    July 4, 2023No Comments
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Email Reddit WhatsApp
    “The League” celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth century.
    “The League” celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth century.
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email Reddit WhatsApp

    Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The League” showing July 14-20 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.

    “The League” celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth century.
    “The League” celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball’s triumphs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth century.

    Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sam Pollard (“MLK/FBI”), executive produced by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Oscar-winning “Summer of Soul”) and Tariq Trotter (“Descendant”), “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.

    Sedona Gift Shop

    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.

    “The League” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre July 14-20. Showtimes will be Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, July 14, 15, 17 and 18 at 3:30 p.m.; and Wednesday and Thursday, July 19 and 20 at 6:30 p.m.

    Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.

    Healing Paws

    This is an advertisement

    Comments are closed.


    A Bad Moon Rising

    By Tommy Acosta
    What the hell is going on? Is the fabric of society in the U.S. tearing apart at the seams? Watching those videos of teens gone wild, smashing windows, stealing from shopping centers, laughing while running over bicyclists — an omen of things to come? What can be done? Catch them? Incarcerate them. Put them in jails until they learn enough about crime to come out as skilled criminals? These kids, these young men and women of color, are growing wild in the streets. From fatherless homes, unable to properly read or write, a dismal and destitute future ahead of them. What is going to happen when they reach adulthood? The cops can’t stop them. There are simply too many. They can flash mob a phalanx of cops and just run berserk around them. What are the police to do? Shoot them? Read more→
    Recent Comments
    • Sanford Bach on A Bad Moon Rising
    • JB on A Bad Moon Rising
    • JB on A Bad Moon Rising
    • JB on A Bad Moon Rising
    • JB on Sedona Airport Day: Wings and Wheels
    Categories
    © 2023 All rights reserved. Sedona.biz.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.