Unforgivable blackness
Subtitle: the rise and fall of Jack Johnson
By: a Florentine Films productions ; a film directed by Ken Burns ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by David Schaye, Paul Barnes, Ken Burns ; American Lives Film Project
Contributors: Jackson, Samuel L.; Crouch, Stanley; Jones, James Earl; Early, Gerald Lyn; Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-; Florentine Films; American Lives Film Project; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm); PBS Home Video
Publisher: PBS Home Video; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Alexandria, Va.]; Hollywood, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781415707449
Subjects: African American boxers; Biography; Boxers (Sports); Discrimination in sports; History; Sports upsets; Boxing; Tournaments; Race relations
Description: 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 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.
Notes: Special features: the making-of 'Unforgivable blackness'; footage not shown on PBS broadcast; special music video featuring Wynton Marsalis.

This film is presented in a "widescreen" format. The black bars on the top and bottom of the screen are normal.

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.

DVD, region 1, NTSC,  widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

Closed-captioned.