Unforgivable blackness
the rise and fall of Jack Johnson
by Ken Burns, David Schaye, Paul Barnes, Geoffrey C. Ward, and Keith David
The story of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the 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.
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Race relations, Boxing, Boxers (Sports), Sports upsets, Discrimination in sports, African American boxers, Tournaments, Biography, HistoryPeople
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Unforgivable blackness: the rise and fall of Jack Johnson
2010, PBS Distribution
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Unforgivable blackness: the rise and fall of Jack Johnson
2005, PBS Home Video, Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
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Originally produced for PBS television in 2004.
Special features: the making of 'Unforgivable blackness'; footage not shown on PBS broadcast; special music video featuring Wynton Marsalis.
Cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Stephen McCarthy; editors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers; original music composer, Wynton Marsalis.
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.
MPAA rating: Not rated ; Canadian home video rating: PG.
DVD, region 1, NTSC, ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound ; stereo.
English dialogue; closed-captioned.
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