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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instanceOf documentary film
television documentary
awardReceived Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Special NERFINISHED
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
surface form: United States
depicts Jack Johnson's boxing career
Jack Johnson's personal life
racial tensions in early 20th-century America
director Ken Burns NERFINISHED
distributor PBS NERFINISHED
editor Paul Barnes NERFINISHED
Tricia Reidy NERFINISHED
exploresTheme Jim Crow era segregation
celebrity and scandal
race and sports
featuresVoice Alan Rickman NERFINISHED
Billy Bob Thornton NERFINISHED
Harvey Keitel NERFINISHED
Samuel L. Jackson NERFINISHED
firstBroadcastOn PBS NERFINISHED
focusesOnPeriod early 20th century
genre biographical documentary
sports documentary
hasFormat home video release
television miniseries
language English
mainTopic African-American history NERFINISHED
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
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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Jack Johnson subjectOf documentary "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson"