The Coen Brothers / Remembering Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson

The Coen Brothers / Remembering Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson

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Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen spoke to ‘Fresh Air’ in November 2018 about ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,’ a Western that often subverts the expectations of the genre. The film is up for three Academy Awards.

Frank Robinson, who died Thursday, was the first player to win both the American and National League MVP award. He later became the first black manager of a major league team. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1988.

Critic John Powers reviews the films ‘Cold War’ and ‘Everybody Knows.‘