Title:
Jackie Robinson / a Florentine Films production ; produced in association with Major League Baseball, WETA, Washington, D.C. ; directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon ; written by David MacMahon & Sarah Burns ; produced by Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Ken Burns.
ISBN:
9781627896184
Edition:
Widescreen version.
Publication Information:
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]
[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]
©2016
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2016.
Widescreen.
Special features: The Anderson Monarchs; outtakes; a conversation with the filmmakers.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround (English) and stereo (Spanish).
Summary:
Tells of the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans. Includes interviews with family members and rarely-seen photographs and film footage.
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Genre:
Language Note:
English and Spanish language tracks; with optional English and Spanish subtitles for people who are deaf or hard of hearing (SDH); audio-described (DVS).
Audience:
Rating: TV-PG.
Performer:
Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Jackie Robinson, Jamie Foxx.
Production Credits:
Editors, Lewis Erskine, George O'Donnell, Ted Raviv, Michael Levine ; cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy, Tom Mason ; original music, Wynton Marsalis, Doug Wamble.
OCLC Number:
ocn941834710
Availability:
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