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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Unforgivable blackness [videorecording] : the rise and fall of Jack Johnson / a Florentine Films productions ; PBS ; produced by David Schaye, Paul Barnes, Ken Burnes ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; a film directed by Ken Burns.

Publisher, Date:

Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount : PBS Home Video, c2005.

Description:

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

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 Campion of the World. Includes his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Johnson, Jack, 1878-1946.

African American boxers.

Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography.

Professional sports.

Sports upsets.

Boxing -- Tournaments.

Sports (Nonfiction) -- Television mini-series.

Closed captioning.

Other Author:

Burns, Ken, 1953-

David, Keith.

Jackson, Samuel L.

Crouch, Stanley.

Jones, James Earl.

Early, Gerald Lyn.

Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-

Paramount Pictures Corporation.

PBS Home Video.

Notes:

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

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.

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.

Closed-captioned.

ISBN:

1415707448

Publisher Number:

88745

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

148899

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD BIO Johnson

Medium:

[videorecording]