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Jackie Robinson
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 McMahon & Sarah Burns ; produced by Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Ken Burns.
ISBN
9781627896184
162789618X
0841887027557
Publication
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]
Distribution
[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]
Copyright Notice Date
©2016
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in. stamping
Notes
Wide screen.
Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2016.
Special features (disc 2): The Anderson Monarchs; outtakes; a conversation with the filmmakers.
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.
Closed-captioned; English and Spanish language tracks; with optional English and Spanish subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); audio-described in English (DVI).
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.
Variant and related titles
Jackie Robinson (Television program : 2016)
Jackie Robinson (Television program : 2016). Spanish.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Spanish
Added to Catalog
January 31, 2018
Series
WGBY DVD Collection
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.
Performers
Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Jackie Robinson, Jamie Foxx.
System details note
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround (English) and 2.0 stereo (English, Spanish).
Audience
Rating: TV-PG.
Contents
Disc 1. Part one. Prologue
Introduction
Determined to have a home
Big man on campus
Two separate societies
Villagers
A very pragmatic man
Race man
A level playing field
Us against the world
Hope and tension
Lonliest man in sports
What did Jackie do?
Myth made to feel different
A price to pay ; Disc 2. Part two. Prologue
Introduction
Call me Jackie
The tallest tree
I've got two cheeks
The creeping terror
A righteous emotion
Our house
We got it now!
A tear grows in Brooklyn
Jackie disciples
More than patient
His own man
Chaos in the house
Bigger than life
A watershed moment
We will not stand silently
In the fight
What could I have done?
Last dash.
Videorecording number
JARO600 PBS
JARO600.1 PBS
JARO600.2 PBS
Subjects
Genre/Form
Television mini-series.
Feature films.
Television programs - United States.
Feature films.
Biographical television programs.
Television mini-series.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Biographical television programs.
Biography.
Documentary television programs.
History.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
DVD-Video discs.
Also listed under
Florentine Films, production company.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), production company.
Major League Baseball (Organization), production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), broadcaster, publisher.
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.
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