The Blind Side: PG 13 Sandra Bullock Time McGraw. Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teen from a broken home. Taken in by a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. With the help of his coaches and adopted family he becomes an All-American offensive left tackle. Based on a true story.
42: the Jackie Robinson Story PG13 Harrison Ford Chadwick Boseman. History was made in 1947 when Jackie Robinson broke the professional baseball race barrier to become the first African American MLB player of the modern era. 42 tells the life story of Robinson and his history making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey
Invictus PG 13 Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman 2009. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the language of sports, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.
McFarland USA PG Kevin Costner, Ramiro Rodiguez 2015. Inspired by a true story the movie follows novice runners in an economically challenged town as they give their all to build a cross country team under the direction of Coach Jim White, a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school.
Overcomer PG Cindy Hatcher Alex Kendrick 2019 High School basketball coach John Harrison receives news that will change his life. The largest manufacturing plant in town suddenly shuts down forcing many families to leave. He agrees to coach the cross-country team where he meets a runner who is on her journey of discovery. John and his wife are inspired by her as he attempts to help her win the biggest race of the year.
Jackie Robinson PG TV Documentary by Ken Burns. 2016. Tells the story of Jackie Robinson a sharecropper’s son who elevated and entire race and country when he broke MLB’s color barrier on 1947. The film illuminates Robinson’s place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans.
The Sandlot PG Tom Guiry Karen Allen 1993. It’s the early 1960’s and 5th grader Scotty smalls has just moved into town with his folks. Kids call him a dork because he can’t even throw a baseball. But that changes when the leader of the neighborhood gang recruits him to play on the nearby sandlot field. It’s the beginning of a magical summer of baseball, wild adventures, first kisses and fearsome confrontations with the dreaded “beast”.
Remember the Titans: PG. Denzel Washington and Will Patton. A drama of forced high school integration in Alexandria VA in 1971. After leading his team to 15 winning seasons a white football coach is demoted and replaced by an African-American whose approach is different from his. The two men overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.