Pool Documentary

[Black-Balled]

something about the opening image speaks to me.

 

[eales]

I haven't had time to watch yet, so bump to the top.

Should make for good watching.

Jim Eales

 

[macguy]

Found this documentary via facebook on Youtube!!!

Just wanted to share. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQzutqVTSPI&feature=share&fb_ref=share

KD

Thanks I enjoyed that very much. I have often thought such a documentary done in the Ken Burns style would be great on pool. It would be quite an undertaking but the results could make a lasting legacy for the game.

There may even be someone on here with the time and inclination to do such a thing. I love the way they are done with the pictures, music and voice over commentary. Pool is ripe for such a project.

 

[gogg]

I can't get the link open...


* wish I had started this crap earlier *

 

[SeabrookMiglla]

nice find. id like to hear more about colored players during the era of jim crow.

there may be a lot of untapped history there; maybe some interesting tales of epic matchup's with colored players that people have not heard too much about.

i remember earl talking about in that documentary he played a black road player in his youth, and his steerman ended up taking him around afterwards.

any books or sources out there with such content?

 

[macguy]

Freddy made a good point in the "Black Balled" video. I wasn't around in the Jansco era of pool, so I have no way to know what really went on. While I thought the documentary gave some interesting view points, from what I've seen the pool world has very little discrimination compared to many other sports or games (I'm white, so again, I could be viewing this differently).

There is a feeling I get when I walk into a pool hall, and I think it speaks to what The Beard had mentioned. I walk into any pool hall, and I see people as pool players; race doesn't enter into it for me. In the pool world, you get respect from your stroke, talent, and personality. Nothing else really matters.

Does anyone else feel the same way? Or differently?

I never really saw any discrimination among pool players. There were black and white pool rooms and the General clientele didn't mix and stayed in their areas but players went everywhere.

You would see a black player come in with his entourage and you knew there was going to be some action. I ran around in the south and I was many times the only white guy in the place.

I remember once being in a place that was like the black bar in the movie "Animal House" with DiLiberto. Danny was playing some guy and everybody is betting. No problems. Today, I would not even drive in that area, honestly. Things have changed for the worse.