Baseball

Inning Five: Shadow Ball

Directed by Ken Burns
TV-PG
S1 • E5    Sep 21, 1994    2h
8.6
The story of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s. “Shadow Ball” refers to a common pre-game feature in which the players staged a mock game with an imaginary ball. Though unintended, the pantomime was an apt metaphor for the exclusion of blacks from major league play at that time.

Cast of Inning Five: Shadow Ball

  • John ChancellorNarrator (voice)
  • Daniel OkrentSelf
  • Buck O'NeilSelf
  • Studs TerkelSelf / (voice)
  • George PlimptonSelf
  • Gerald EarlySelf
  • Red BarberSelf
  • Vin ScullySelf
  • Shelby FooteSelf
  • Adam Arkin(voice)
  • Philip Bosco(voice)
  • Ossie Davis(voice)
  • Amy Madigan(voice)
  • Paul Roebling(voice)
  • Eli Wallach(voice)
  • Robert W. CreamerSelf
  • John ThornSelf
  • Roger AngellSelf
  • Mario CuomoSelf
  • Paul Winfield(voice)
  • Donald HallSelf
  • Doris Kearns GoodwinSelf
  • Manuel Márquez-SterlingSelf
  • Gregory Hines(voice)
  • Charles McDowell(voice)
  • Paul Newman(voice)
  • Riley StewartSelf
  • Sammie HaynesSelf
  • Slick SurrattSelf
  • Connie JohnsonSelf
  • Ted RadcliffeSelf
  • Billy HermanSelf
  • Bob FellerSelf
  • Ken BurnsDirector / Writer
  • Geoffrey C. WardWriter
  • Lynn NovickProducer

 

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