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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

1976 · 111 min

A lively, upbeat comedy-drama that mixes baseball antics with a warm look at camaraderie and chasing dreams against the odds.

Tagline: They put the ball in baseball.
Overview: Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Carter and Charlie Snow, who dreams of playing in the majors. Boycotted by black teams, Long's outfit play minor league white teams, earning more attention as entertainers than as players. However, their success wins them a chance to play again in the Negro League, this time as equals.
How it feels: Warm, uplifting, earnest and satirical. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Friendship, race, rebellion, ambition
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
race
rebellion
ambition
justice
Places: small town
road trip
countryside
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild