documentary "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson"
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"Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson" is a Ken Burns documentary film chronicling the life, boxing career, and racial struggles of early 20th-century heavyweight champion Jack Johnson.
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| documentary "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson" canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
documentary film
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television documentary ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Special
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Geoffrey C. Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Buddy Squires NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Wynton Marsalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Jack Johnson's boxing career
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Jack Johnson's personal life ⓘ racial tensions in early 20th-century America ⓘ |
| director | Ken Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor |
Paul Barnes
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Tricia Reidy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
Jim Crow era segregation
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celebrity and scandal ⓘ race and sports ⓘ |
| featuresVoice |
Alan Rickman
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Billy Bob Thornton NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvey Keitel NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel L. Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastOn | PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical documentary
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sports documentary ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
home video release
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television miniseries ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
African-American history
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boxing ⓘ racial discrimination in the United States ⓘ |
| narrator | Keith David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 2 ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ken Burns filmography ⓘ |
| portraysEvent |
Jack Johnson becoming world heavyweight boxing champion
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legal persecution of Jack Johnson under the Mann Act ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Florentine Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 220 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Geoffrey C. Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Jack Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleReferences | perceived "unforgivable" nature of Black success in racist society ⓘ |
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documentary "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson"
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