Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
3h 34m
Running Time
September 4, 2004Release Date
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
3h 34m
Running Time
September 4, 2004Release Date
Plot.
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jack Johnson
Self
Jack Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Keith David
Narrator
Samuel L. Jackson
Jack Johnson
Philip Bosco
Other Voices (voice)
Adam Arkin
Other Voices
Kevin Conway
Other Voices (voice)
Ken Burns
Director
Geoffrey C. Ward
Writer
Brian Cox
Other Voices (voice)
Paul Barnes
Producer
John Cullum
Other Voices (voice)
David Schaye
Producer
Murphy Guyer
Other Voices (voice)
Wynton Marsalis
Composer
Ed Harris
Other Voices (voice)
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson is a 2005 biographical documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns, based on the 2004 nonfiction book of the same name by Geoffrey C. Ward. It describes the life story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. It also describes racism and social inequality during the Jim Crow era, against which Johnson struggled.