Jackie Robinson [DVD] / directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon ; written by David MacMahon and Sarah Burns ; produced by Sarah Burns, David McMahon, and Ken Burns.
Format:
[DVD] /
Edition:
Widescreen version.
Publisher:
PBS,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2016. Widescreen. Special features: The Anderson Monarchs; outtakes; a conversation with the filmmakers. Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Jackie Robinson, Jamie Foxx.
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.