Black Horseracing Film Poised to Finish First Producers Unveil Plans for âPHOTO FINISH Murphy continues to be revered for his horseracing expertise and uncompromising integrity.
BriefingWire.com, 4/25/2021 - APRIL 25, 2021 (Hollywood, Calif.): Finishing first is a time-honored horseracing tradition. Leon Nichols, Calvin Davis and affiliates of the Project to Preserve African-American Turf History intend to do just that by securing additional backing for âPHOTO FINISH: The Race of the Century.â PPAATHâs work has been profiled extensively by âL.A. Times,â âWashington Post,â NBC Sports and others.
African American jockeys held places of prominence across the Kentucky Derbyâs first 27 years, said Chris Goodlett, Dir. of Curitorial & Educational Affairs at the Kentucky Derby Museum. By the 20th Century, he noted on video, institutional racism and segregation took hold: âThe very first K
Black Horseracing Film Poised to Finish First
Producers Unveil Plans for PHOTO FINISH: The Race of the Century Hollywood, CA, April 23, 2021 (PR.com) Finishing first is a time-honored horseracing tradition. Leon Nichols, Calvin Davis and affiliates of the Project to Preserve African-American Turf History intend to do just that by securing additional backing for “PHOTO FINISH: The Race of the Century.” PPAATH’s work has been profiled extensively by “L.A. Times,” “Washington Post,” NBC Sports and others.
The nonprofit’s founder and co-founder, Nichols and Davis, are working on their script alongside producer James Walton - their film poised to be the first in U.S. filmmaking history led by a Black production team and the first to capture the contributions made (and conflicts faced) by Black jockeys beginning in the late 19th Century. As their story traces the life of Isaac Burns Murphy, a legendary jockey and the first ever inductee into the National Museum of