Unforgivable blackness [videorecording] : the rise and fall of Jack Johnson
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Unforgivable blackness [videorecording] : the rise and fall of Jack Johnson
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- Unforgivable blackness [videorecording] : the rise and fall of Jack Johnson
- Title remainder
- the rise and fall of Jack Johnson
- Statement of responsibility
- a Florentine Films productions ; a film directed by Ken Burns ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by David Schaye, Paul Barnes, Ken Burns ; American Lives Film Project
- Subject
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- African American boxers -- Biography
- Biographical television programs
- Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography
- Boxing -- Tournaments
- Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueDocumentary television programs
- Historical television programs
- Johnson, Jack, 1878-1946
- Nonfiction television programs
- trueSports upsets
- trueUnited States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The in-depth and intimate story of one of the most important African Americans to live in the first half of the 20th century. Tells the story of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports--Heavyweight Champion of the World. Includes his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man in race-obsessed America
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Stephen McCarthy ; editors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers ; original music composer, Wynton Marsalis
- Intended audience
- MPAA rating: Not rated
- Language note
- Closed-captioned
- PerformerNote
- Narrator: Keith David ; voice of Jack Johnson: Samuel L. Jackson ; interviews with: Stanley Crouch, James Earl Jones, Gerald Early, Jose Torres, Randy Roberts, Jack Newfield, Bert Sugar, W.C. Heinz, George Plimpton
- Runtime
- 220
- Target audience
- general
- Technique
- live action
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