Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush

Brooklyn Dodgers Ghosts of Flatbush is a 2007 documentary film produced by HBO sports chronicling the last ten years of the Brooklyn Dodgers tenure in the borough of churches. The film documents how in 1947 Jackie Robinson broke the baseball racial barrier in previously segregated major league, the struggles to win what seemed an unreachable World Series title in 1955, and the issues and community feelings involved in the teams sudden departure to Los Angeles after the 1957 campaign.

Former players, front office personnel and Brooklyn residents including Larry King and Louis Gossett Jr. provide commentary on the times and what it was like to be alive in the borough during New Yorks Golden Age of baseball. The film was dedicated to former Dodgers pitcher Clem Labine, who died shortly after production of the film was completed.Former Dodgers Carl Erskine, Duke Snider, Johnny Podres, Clem Labine, Ralph Branca, Buzzie Bavasi General Manager, Peter OMalley former president and son of Walter OMalley, Joan Hodges widow of Gil Hodges, Rachel Robinson widow of Jackie Robinson. ........

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