Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

1h 36m
Documentary
4

Whenever the phrase "breaking the color line" is used, there's a temptation to invoke Jackie Robinson's story. However, Perry Wallace, the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference, was a mere teenager who stood all alone at center court in such hotbeds of rabid racism as Starkville, Mississippi and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Cast

Forest Whitaker
Narrator (voice)
Perry Wallace
Self
Andrew Young
Self
Harry Edwards
Self
Eric Holder
Self
Oscar Robertson
Self
Marshall Chapman
Self
Andrew Maraniss
Self
Roy M. Neel
Self
Pat Toomay
Self
Alexander Wolff
Self

Crew

Rich Gentile
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Eli Spielman
Screenplay
Paul Carruthers
Editor
Samson Chan
Director of Photography
Bruce D. Johnson
Executive Producer
Stu Goldberg
Original Music Composer

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