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Return of the Clowns

Return of the Clowns
★ 8.0/10•2026•50m•Documentary

In a new ESPN E60 special debuting on the Juneteenth holiday, a vibrant, deeply human, and joyfully cinematic documentary chronicles the extraordinary journey of the Indianapolis Clowns – once icons of Negro League baseball, now reborn for a new generation through the electric world of Banana Ball.

Blake Foeman · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 19, 2026

Actors

Doug Glanville

Narrator

Jesse Cole

Self

Jackie Bradley Jr.

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Emily Cole

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Mo'ne Davis

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Bill Leroy

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Eric Byrnes

Eric Byrnes

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Phil Dixon

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Mamie Johnson

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Russell Paterson

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Bill Heward

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Malachi Mitchell

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Joe Lytle

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Joe Meyer

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Mat Wolf

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Fisher Polydoroff

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