SHUT OUT (The Untold Truth About The Negro Baseball Leagues) Documentary shows the overall history of the Negro Baseball Leagues; from newly freed slaves playing the game in the fields they once sowed, to the inventions of the batting helmet and night baseball that came from the Negro Baseball Leagues, to the thriving hotels, jazz clubs, and restaurants that supported "Black Baseball," to the most “Ironic” moment in sports history.
The production features an examination of the players, coaches, and owners from the leagues that spawned a bridge and legacy to so many success stories in today's sports, music, entertainment, and political fields.
The Negro Baseball Leagues and its history not only helped blur the color lines in a nation torn apart by prejudice, but they inspired dreams in the hearts of young African Americans laying the foundation for today’s black & brown achievers.
What is this film all about? An examination of black baseball players, coaches and owners, that spawned a bridge and legacy to so many successes in today’s sports, music, entertainment, and political fields.
Through the window of America’s favorite pastime you will see the relationship of black owned blues and jazz clubs, restaurants and thriving hotels which all supported “Black Baseball”. This piece of our past is not established in our history books nor in the overall identity of this country.
Using interviews with iconic figures from today’s pop culture to tell the story, the film brings social awareness to the Negro Baseball Leagues; the great achievements, undeniable facts, and true life stories that have been lost, forgotten, deemed not important, and to some… invisible.
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SHUT OUT (The Untold Truth About The Negro Baseball Leagues) picks up the story where "Roots" left off and takes us on a journey that reveals the accomplishments of African Americans.
"If it wasn’t for them there wouldn’t be Latin American ballplayers, there wouldn’t be African American ballplayers"
"We had potentially some of the best baseball players in America “Not” in the major leagues."
"You could feel really blessed with the landscape that these gentlemen prior to us have set for us"
"I was a bat boy, that’s how I got to see Satchel Paige"
"Everyone wanted to invite you to dinner"
"Blacks & Whites would sit together and root for their favorite teams"
"He (Jackie Robinson) was a catalyst I believe for the civil rights movement"
"The first 20 guys were insane; it was like these guys couldn’t get in"
