Blackballed works in its quick format; it paces through the facts but not in a way that is suffocating. I've found previous Quibi series' to seemingly rush through the runtime, but it seems to work when it comes to a documentary.
Doesn't benefit from being sliced into seven and eight-minute parts... Still, Blackballed comes at a good time, underscoring the NBA's symbolic leadership at a moment where documentaries are helping fill the void in terms of sports-related content.
Donald Sterling was a powerful, awful man who thought he was invincible, but he didn't stand a chance against the forces of good people united at the right time.
