The Other Boys of Summer | Documentary

What people are saying

Fox Sports - The Texas Rangers host The Other Boys of Summer program at their Dallas Youth Academy - April 2019

MLB Network / MLB.com - "Hot Stove" Feb, 22, 2018

The Asbury Park Press - USA Today Sports, February 15, 2018

The Sports Daily - Hall of Very Good, Episode 162

The Pirates Breakdown - February 9, 2018

Adorama Women With Cameras - Feature

Feedback from people who have attended the Diversity & Inclusion / Team Building Program:

Procter & Gamble Feb. 2019

99% "The Other Boys of Summer Documentary was engaging, and the information shared was impactful."

99% "The program was worth the time I invested."

"The Other Boys of Summer Documentary was inspiring, emotional, dynamic and relevant to how to create an environment of inclusion in today’s culture."

"The theme has a great way to mix, history, sports, civil rights. it was really great."

GE Aviation

"The film provided a great, positive way to discuss key issues in society.

"It allowed me to feel as if I could make a difference."

The movie left me feeling "empowered".

I was "Inspired. I went home and made sure my son was re-signed up at the local league for this upcoming season.""

"The film provided a great, positive way to discuss key issues in society"

Texas Rangers Youth Academy

"I felt encouraged by the response of the youth who attended the screening. Many of them seem genuinely engaged and asked good questions."

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

"As a fan of Major League Baseball, I was and am happy to see the story of the Negro League being told. The contributions these players made to the game and civil rights movements should never be forgotten."

"The film broadened my view of baseball. We need more films like this."

Archived Press

MLB All Star Week program - July 2019

Los Angeles Times - April 12, 2019

MLB.com - April 19, 2019

Amsterdam News -February 21, 2019

Rutgers Today - January 17, 2018

The Reds Community Fund was honored to partner with Lauren Meyer to host a showing of “The Other Boys of Summer” at our Youth Academy in early February. As we are always looking for compelling material for our monthly high school seminars, our introduction to Lauren couldn’t have been more timely. The documentary and discussion attracted a packed audience of kids, coaches and families and the length and style of the feature made for an ideal two-hour session. Not only did Lauren’s film share the story of the Negro Leagues in a creative and compassionate manner, but the production back story resonated with our group as well. Lauren also participated in a panel discussion following the film that allowed us to cover additional topics that mattered to our student-athletes and guests. I’d highly recommend that other teams and communities consider this opportunity to share the Negro Leagues history and embark on a social and cultural conversation that’s more relevant today than ever.

Charley Frank, Executive Director, Reds Community Fund

Your film project is critically important to preserving the history of black baseball in America. I commend you for all of your work and encourage you for all that still needs to be done.

The Center for Negro League Baseball Research and our Negro Southern League Museum support you 100%.
God Bless
Layton

(Dr. Layton Revel, executive director for the Center for Negro League Baseball Research (CNLBR) )

“I think this is important. If you are going to get involved in sports, you should know the history and know who came before you. This is a unique thing. A lot of Negro Leaguers didn’t get a fair opportunity. The few that did go from the Negro Leagues to the big leagues obviously made a big impact.”

Delino DeShields Jr. - CF, Texas Rangers

"The Other Boys of Summer" takes us into territory not previously visited in giving us the testimony of the last generation of Negro Leaguers to play their brand of baseball when the leagues were winding down their days in the sun in the late 1940s and into the 1950s. Lauren Meyer is not telling us just about baseball. She weaves the black game into the story of segregation, and how that game fits into the larger story of what these players faced as they played their game as the "other boys of summer."

Dr. Lawrence Hogan - Executive Director and Producer of the documentary Before You Can Say Jackie Robinson, and author of The Forgotten History of African American Baseball.

“It is a great honor to the legacy of African American sports that we have this historical piece of cinema. Not only is is important to the history of America Baseball but it is a important as a story of triumph and overcoming obstacles. I am so honored my grandfather was a part of this history.”
D. Anthony Miles, Ph.D., MCP, RBA, CMA, MBC