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Jackie Robinson [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McHahon.

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DVD 796.357092 R662b Doc

Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.

Baseball players, Black -- United States -- Biography.

Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.

Blacks -- United States -- Biography.

Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.

Racism in sports -- United States -- History.

Alternate title:

Ken Burns Jackie Robinson [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

2 videodiscs (240 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 12 cm.

Originally broadcast as a 3-part television documentary on PBS in 2016.

Special features: The Anderson Monarchs ; outtakes ; a conversation with the filmmakers.

Includes English and Spanish language tracks with optional English (SDH) or Spanish subtitles as well as an English described video track.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

DV = Described video (for people with visual disabilities).

A production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington, D.C. in association with Major League Baseball ; directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon ; written by David MacMahon and Sarah Burns ; produced by Sarah Burns, David McMahon, and Ken Burns.

Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Jackie Robinson, Jamie Foxx.

"Jackie Robinson rose from humble origins to cross baseball's color line and become one of the most beloved men in America. A fierce integrationist, Robinson used his immense fame to speak out against the discrimination he saw on and off the field, angering fans, the press, and even teammates who had once celebrated him for 'turning the other cheek.' After baseball, he was a widely read newspaper columnist, divisive political activist and tireless advocate for civil rights, who later struggled to remain relevant as diabetes crippled his body and a new generation of leaders set a more militant course for the civil rights movement. Featuring intimate and revealing interviews with his family and rarely seen photographs and film footage, this two-part, four-hour documentary tells the extraordinary story of an American icon whose lifelong battle for first class citizenship for all African Americans transcends even his remarkable athletic achievements. 'Jackie Robinson,' Martin Luther King Jr. once said, 'was a sit-inner before sit-ins, a freedom rider before freedom rides.'--Container.

Biographical television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Biographical documentary films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Burns, Ken, 1953-

Burns, Sarah, 1982-

McMahon, David, 1976-

Florentine Films.

WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)

Major League Baseball (Organization)

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

PBS Distribution (Firm)

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