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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Name: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Keith David, Jack Johnson, Stanley Crouch, James Earl Jones

20051 season2 episodes106 min

Documentary PBS

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American boxer to win a title and his struggle to live as a free man.

Seasons

Miniseries2005 · 2 episodes

Cast

Samuel L. JacksonNarrator (voice) · 2 ep.

Keith DavidJack Johnson (voice) · 2 ep.JJack JohnsonSelf (archive footage) · 2 ep.

Stanley CrouchSelf - writer · 2 ep.JJames Earl JonesSelf - actor · 2 ep.BBert SugarSelf - boxing historian · 2 ep.

Gerald EarlySelf - writer · 2 ep.JJosé TorresSelf - Former Light Heavyweight Champion · 2 ep.RRandy RobertsSelf - biographer · 2 ep.JJack NewfieldSelf - journalist · 2 ep.WW.C. HeinzSelf - sportswriter · 2 ep.

George PlimptonSelf - writer · 2 ep.

Crew

Directing
Ken Burns (Director)

Writing
Geoffrey C. Ward (Writer)

Production
Ken Burns (Producer), Paul Barnes (Producer), David Schaye (Producer)

Sound
Wynton Marsalis (Original Music Composer)

Camera
Stephen McCarthy (Director of Photography), Buddy Squires (Director of Photography)

Editing
Paul Barnes (Editor), Erik Ewers (Editor)

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