Baseball Film Series

A six-week series of baseball movies will be held on Sundays at 2 p.m. during November and December at the Juanita E. Thornton-Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. The film series is a joint project of the Friends of the Library and the Bob Davids (D.C.) Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research, named in honor of SABR’s founder. The tentative schedule for the series: Sunday, Nov. 8: “Bull Durham” (1988) with Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins. Sunday, Nov. 15: “Fever Pitch” (2005) with Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore. Sunday, Nov. 22: “The Jackie Robinson Story” (1950) with Jackie Robinson and Ruby Dee, preceded by the short “One-Run Elmer” (1935) with Buster Keaton and Jim Thorpe. Sunday, Dec. 6: “Field of Dreams” (1989) with Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones and Amy Madigan. Sunday, Dec. 13: “Only the Ball Was White” (1980), a documentary about the Negro Leagues featuring interviews with Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Buck Leonard, Jimmy Crutchfield and “Gentleman Dave” Malarcher. Sunday, Dec. 20: “Talent for the Game” (1991) with Edward James Olmos and Lorraine Bracco. Attendees will be encouraged to continue the post-screening discussion at Ledo Pizza, 7435 Georgia Ave. NW, across the street from the library. For details, contact Friends president Mark Pattison at pattison_mark@outlook.com