"42" Movie

Last Friday my husband and I went to the movies, as we always do. We saw “42”, a film about Jackie Robinson, the greatest American baseball player ever. The story tells about the determination of the Brooklyn Dodgers Branch (Harrison Ford) in bringing a black player to the team. He wants to do that in order to compensate an event in his life in the past, when he saw a black player suffering prejudice and did nothing. He made himself a promise that would do whatever he possible can to feel be doing justice to a black person, Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman).

            Prejudice was the main topic shown in this film. The way black people were treated those years ago is something hard to forget, considering that that was the way white people were supposed to behavior towards black people. The film shows a change in some characters’ behavior after Robinson’s performance game after game. Although he was really the best player in the team, he did not impose himself, but conquered the other players’ respect and friendship – even though they were all white.

            A good movie, a good performance, a good story, a good lesson.