Michelle Obama Hosts Harrison Ford, ’42’ Cast at White House

The First Lady celebrates the legacy of baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson

It was movie day at the White House on Tuesday as First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a series of events featuring the cast and crew of Warner Bros.' “42,” a movie about Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in major league baseball.

During the day director/screenwriter Brian Helgeland and actors including Harrison Ford, who plays Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey, and Chadwick Boseman, who played Robinson, appeared at a White House forum.

The forum featured 80 high school and college students in an interactive workshop that was aired by the White House on the web.

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