42

Who could even possibly forget the legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers team? Not only is he a legend in history of sports, he was also the very first African-American to be in a white baseball team. All in all, audiences are wondering: How did he make history for himself? Well, that's the question that will be answered in the upcoming sports drama fittingly titled '42' which was, true to form, Robinson's uniform number.


Set in New York in the late 1940s or 1950s, Robinson (played by Chadwick Boseman) tries to make it to the top of sports popularity despite strong, prejudiced racism from the whites and from the Dodgers players who despise having Jackie on their team. 

Fortunately, Jackie finds confidence and help in the form of gruff but good-natured Branch Rickey (played respectively by Harrison Ford) who serves as Jackie's mentor throughout the film and showing him what it really means to be a true team player.

Fortunately for him, Jackie's not alone as he is also supported by Leo Durocher (Christopher Meloni from Law and Order SVU) who seems to share his dreams of making it big. And it isnt long before Jackie transforms from zero to here, changing the views of baseball and ethnicity between blacks and whites...forever.

Also starring Lucas Black, Alan Tudyk and John C. McGinley, and directed by Brian Heldegand (I am Legend) 42 is the movie that will make you cheer with motivation and witness the powerful story of how one man stood up against all odds and became an icon for American history. 42 steps onto the plate April 12.