A Long Way From Home - The Untold Story of Baseball’s Desegregation

Winner of a 2019 Gold Telly Award for General Documentary

Press

[A] compelling documentary.

[Brings] to light some of the greatest triumphs and harshest realities in [minor league baseball] history.

González helps shatter the myth that baseball was an inviting place once [Jackie] Robinson debuted on the Dodgers in 1947.

— Remezcla.com

A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball’s Desegregation

Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line in 1947, but it took another generation of Black and Latino players to make the sport truly open to all. Playing in remote minor-league towns, these were the men who, before they could live their big-league dreams, first had to beat Jim Crow.

Featuring James “Mudcat” Grant, Orlando Cepeda, Tony Pérez, Jimmy Wynn, Grover “Deacon” Jones, J.R. Richard, Enos Cabell, Octavio “Cookie” Rojas, Orlando Peña, and Bobby Tolan.

This film was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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About the Director

Gaspar González has produced documentary programming for PBS, the BBC, ESPN, and others. His credits include the national PBS release Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami, the Grantland short doc Gay Talese's Address Book, the ESPN 30 for 30 Short The Guerrilla Fighter, and Havana House. His work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Cinematheque, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He is the founder of Hammer and Nail Productions.