Filmmakers Sarah Burns and David McMahon on Jackie Robinson

Thursday, April 7, 2016 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterDocumentary filmmakers, Sarah Burns and David McMahon (The Central Park Five), will screen clips from her upcoming film Jackie Robinson, which examines the life and times of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, who lifted an entire race, and nation, on his shoulders in 1947 when he crossed baseball's color line with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film will explore the legacy of a man whose exemplary life and inspirational message of equality continues t