Cannon Street All-Stars

Cannon Street All-Stars is in development as a feature film from Undisputed Cinema, the production company run by Reggie Rock Bythewood and Gina Prince-Bythewood. Bythewood will direct and write the screenplay, with story by Reggie Rock Bythewood and Christopher Lee Bythewood. The project tells the true story of the 1955 Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars from Charleston, South Carolina, the first all-Black Little League team in the state. When the team registered for the state tournament that summer, all 61 white leagues refused to play them and eventually broke away to form Dixie Youth Baseball. The Cannon Street team won the state championship by forfeit but was then barred from regional play by Little League officials who ruled they hadn't won games on the field. Instead, the boys were invited to watch—but not compete in—the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The film has the support of The Jackie Robinson Foundation. Producing alongside Undisputed Cinema are Debra Martin Chase, E. Monique Floyd, Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts and his OMG Entertainment partners Cam Lewis and Omar Bradford, and Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry with Sharla Sumpter Bridgett through Unanimous Media.