Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson is a documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Geoffrey C. Ward (2004). In Burns' signature style the 220-minute film serves as a biography of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, as well as a documentary of racism and social inequality during the Jim Crow era against which Jack Johnson lived in defiant opposition.
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)
Directed by Ken Burns
Genres - Biography, Documentary, Sports |
Sub-Genres - Boxing Film |
Release Date - Jan 17, 2005 |
Run Time - 214 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - TV-PG
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Black History, Heavyweight Champion
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Subject: boxing, Documentary about boxing, Documentary about racism in the United States, Jack Johnson, racism in the United States
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Alternate Titles
Er wollte kein Sklave sein
DE
Unforgivable Blackness
US
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
AU, GB, US
Непростительная чернота: Взлеты и падения Джека Джонсона
RU