The Black Fives: A Short Film
“The Black Fives” is a short film by award winning director Marco Williams, produced by the New York Historical Society to introduce the first-ever comprehensive museum exhibition on the Black Fives Era of basketball (1904–1950).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkddJAVceOI
The exhibition will be open from March 14, 2014 through July 20, 2014.
It is a collaboration between the New-York Historical Society, Claude Johnson, and the Black Fives Foundation.
The film is narrated by Johnson, founder and executive director of the Black Fives Foundation, who is also the museum’s guest curator for the exhibition.
Wonderful film. Introduced me to a world I didn’t know. Played basketball all my life and am thrilled to have this new perspective on the game. I’m old enough to identify with three aspects of the film: as a 1950s Knicks fan I rooted for Sweetwater Clifton; I certainly remember the key-shaped foul line and lane from my early days; and I remember the “sock hops” after CYO and high school basketball games, although I didn’t know the basic idea started with the Black Fives!
Love this! And might I add that you did a fine job of narrating this. I really like the photo of the NY Rens with Dolly King sporting their World Championship jackets. Thanks for all you do to keep this story alive.