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.
Call Number:
796.8 U DVD
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.
Closed caption DVDs.
Genre:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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.
ISBN:
1415707448