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Title:

Jackie Robinson a Florentine Films production ; produced in association with Major League Baseball, WETA, Washington, D.C. ; directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon ; written by David McMahon & Sarah Burns ; produced by Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Ken Burns.

Edition:

Widescreen

Publisher:

Distributed by PBS Distribution,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) sound, color with black and white sequences 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Robinson, Jackie,--1919-1972
African American baseball players--Biography
Baseball players--United States--Biography
Discrimination in sports--United States--History
Political activists--United States--Biography
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography
DVD videodisc
Spanish language materials
Television programs--United States
Feature films
Biographical television programs
Television mini-series
Documentary television programs
Nonfiction television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
Biography
History
Nonfiction television programs

Other Authors:

Burns, Ken, 1953- television producer. screenwriter, television producer.
Burns, Sarah, 1982- television producer. screenwriter, television producer.
McMahon, David, 1976- television producer. screenwriter, television producer.
David, Keith, narrator.
Foxx, Jamie, voice actor.
Erskine, Lewis, editor of moving image work.
Raviv, Ted, editor of moving image work.
O'Donnell, George (Film editor), editor of moving image work.
Squires, Buddy, director of photography.
Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- composer (expression)
Wamble, Doug, composer (expression)
Florentine Films, production company.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), production company.
Major League Baseball (Organization), production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher. publisher.
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Other Titles:

Container of (work): Jackie Robinson (Television program : 2016)
Container of (expression): Jackie Robinson (Television program : 2016). Spanish.

Notes:

Wide screen. Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2016. Special features (disc 2): The Anderson Monarchs; outtakes; a conversation with the filmmakers. Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Jackie Robinson, Jamie Foxx.

Contents:

Disc 1. Part one. Prologue -- Introduction -- Determined to have a home -- Big man on campus -- Two separate societies -- Villagers -- A very pragmatic man -- Race man -- A level playing field -- Us against the world -- Hope and tension -- Lonliest man in sports -- What did Jackie do? -- Myth made to feel different -- A price to pay ; Disc 2. Part two. Prologue -- Introduction -- Call me Jackie -- The tallest tree -- I've got two cheeks -- The creeping terror -- A righteous emotion -- Our house -- We got it now! -- A tear grows in Brooklyn -- Jackie disciples -- More than patient -- His own man -- Chaos in the house -- Bigger than life -- A watershed moment -- We will not stand silently -- In the fight -- What could I have done? -- Last dash.

Summary:

Tells of the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans. Includes interviews with family members and rarely-seen photographs and film footage.

ISBN:

162789618X
9781627896184

OCLC:

(OCoLC)941834710

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)