The League Explores Baseball's Negro Leagues

Matt Bellany, founding partner of Puck News: I think Kevin Mayer's familiarity with the assets and the Disney business is something that these guys can bring. Sam Pollard served as editor on several Spike Lee films before pivoting to documentary filmmaking. His latest project explores baseball's Negro leagues, which flourished from the 1920s until the late 1940s. The fate of the Negro leagues was sealed in 1947 when Jackie Robinson blazed a trail for black athletes to play major league baseball.