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Title:

Unforgivable blackness [dvd] : the rise and fall of Jack Johnson / 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.

Format:

[dvd] :

Publisher:

Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

2 videodiscs (220 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Johnson, Jack,--1878-1946.
African American boxers--Biography.
Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography.
United States--History--History--20th century.
Discrimination in sports--United States--History--20th century.
Sports upsets.
Boxing--Tournaments.
Documentary television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Burns, Ken, 1953-
Schaye, David.
Barnes, Paul, 1951-
Ward, Geoffrey C.
David, Keith.
Jackson, Samuel L.
Crouch, Stanley.
Jones, James Earl.
Early, Gerald Lyn.
Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
Florentine Films.
American Lives Film Project.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
PBS Home Video.

Notes:

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. Special features: the making-of 'Unforgivable blackness'; footage not shown on PBS broadcast; special music video featuring Wynton Marsalis.

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.

ISBN:

9781415707449
1415707448

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56899412

UPC:

097368874541

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