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Choose the format that fits your classroom, then explore the film through focused questions and evidence.
About the Film
Jackie Robinson faces organized resistance while entering the modern major leagues. Examine institutional discrimination, public behavior, and the limits of a dramatized account.
Movie at a Glance
- Release year
- 2013
- Genre
- Biographical sports drama
- U.S. rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- Approx. 128 minutes
- Director
- Brian Helgeland
- Screenplay
- Brian Helgeland
- Based on
- Jackie Robinson’s entry into modern Major League Baseball
- Music
- Mark Isham
- Featured cast
- Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie & André Holland
- Story setting
- Dramatized United States · 1946–1947
Check your edition when planning class periods; cuts and playback speeds can change runtime.
Content to Preview
- Frequent racial slurs, harassment, threats, and discriminatory treatment.
- Baseball-related injury and intense emotional distress.
- Language, drinking, and some sexual references.
Preview your edition, follow school viewing and permission policies, and provide an appropriate alternative assignment. Suggested grades 8–12 are Teach Arcade’s classroom recommendation, separate from the film’s U.S. rating.
Classroom Connections
Use scene evidence to explore the topics above. Pair historical portrayals with reliable sources, literary adaptations with their texts, and animated metaphors with appropriate factual context.
Film details, advisories & classroom context: Studio film information · Baseball historical context · Content advisory (spoilers)