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Jackie Robinson Biopic 42: A Historical Travelogue to 1940s-Era Brooklyn

42 PosterWednesday Matinee

By Jane Boursaw

Destination: Brooklyn, New York

Movie: 42

I’ve been racking my brain to try and figure out how to bend the movie 42 into my Wednesday Matinee column here on A Traveler’s Library. Generally when I write about movies here, they’re filmed in cool locations to which you can actually travel and see cool things. But with “42,” a movie released last week about black baseball player Jackie Robinson’s recruitment into the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s, that’s a little different story. Continue reading Jackie Robinson Biopic 42: A Historical Travelogue to 1940s-Era Brooklyn