Movie
Return of the Clowns
2026 · 50 min
A buoyant, big-hearted sports doc that celebrates overlooked history and the joy of reinvention, easy to watch and quietly moving.
- Directed by
- Blake Foeman
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Doug Glanville, Jesse Cole, Jackie Bradley Jr.
- Overview
- In a new ESPN E60 special debuting on the Juneteenth holiday, a vibrant, deeply human, and joyfully cinematic documentary chronicles the extraordinary journey of the Indianapolis Clowns – once icons of Negro League baseball, now reborn for a new generation through the electric world of Banana Ball.
- How it feels
- Warm, uplifting and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Race, sport, identity, friendship
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Blake Foeman
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Doug Glanville, Jesse Cole, Jackie Bradley Jr.
