Movie about Middlesboro's 1954 Little League team to be filmed in Paducah
Producers behind a new movie about Middlesboro’s 1954 Little League team have picked a location for the upcoming film.
According to WPSD, Paducah will be the site of a two-month shoot for “This Field Looks Green To Me,” the story of Middlesboro’s 1954 Little League championship and its significance in the integration of baseball throughout the South. The story will be told through one of the three Black players on the team, a 12-year-old who helped break the color barrier in one of the first desegregated Little Leagues. The Middlesboro community united in support of their youth’s baseball integration.
The film’s executive producer, Ron Schmidt, told WPSD, “I think a story like this that has this Kentucky history, I think people will be very proud of this.”
You can see an older WKYT interview with Schmidt about his project below.
If fundraising goals are met, “This Field Looks Green To Me” plans to begin filming later this summer with targeted locations at Stuart Nelson Park, the Columbia Theatre, and Bluegrass Downs race track.
Local Kentuckians will have opportunities to be extras in the film.
Read more on the project here:
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