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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Directed by
Ken Burns
TV-PG
2004
3h 34m
Documentary
,
Biography
,
and more
8.3
100%
94%
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The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.
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Cast of Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Keith David
Narrator (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
Jack Johnson (voice)
Jack Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Adam Arkin
Other Voices (voice)
Philip Bosco
Other Voices (voice)
Kevin Conway
Other Voices (voice)
Brian Cox
Other Voices (voice)
John Cullum
Other Voices (voice)
Murphy Guyer
Other Voices (voice)
Ed Harris
Other Voices (voice)
Derek Jacobi
Other Voices (voice)
Carl Lumbly
Other Voices (voice)
Amy Madigan
Other Voices (voice)
Carolyn McCormick
Other Voices (voice)
Joe Morton
Other Voices (voice)
Alan Rickman
Other Voices (voice)
Studs Terkel
Other Voices (voice)
Jack Thompson
Other Voices (voice)
Billy Bob Thornton
Other Voices (voice)
Courtney B. Vance
Other Voices (voice)
Eli Wallach
Other Voices (voice)
Jeffrey Wright
Other Voices (voice)
Randy Roberts
Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Ratings & Reviews
Film Scouts
Jason Gorber
Burns brings forth many impressive historical details, all contextualized within the overarching story of Race in America. Hours later, you are left with what feels like a genuine sense of what made the guy tick, and the world that he inhabited. Yet anoth
TheWorldJournal.com
Frank Ochieng
Unforgivable Blackness will stand as an absorbing microscope in reference to resilient black manhood in all its vulnerability and vitality.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Proves that, no matter what punches were thrown at him, no one ever wiped that triumphant smile off of Jack Johnson's face.
Boston Phoenix
Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
The archival footage alone justifies the entire enterprise.
The Nation
Greg Tate
Burns's footage of Johnson in action is astounding, and the commentary from Stanley Crouch, Gerald Early and James Earl Jones provides acerbic, one-two punching Black male insights.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
The subject is admirably served here.
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