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Jackie Robinson

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 messa...

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Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953- (Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer), Burns, Sarah, 1982- (Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer), McMahon, David, 1976- (Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer), David, Keith (Narrator), Foxx, Jamie (Voice actor)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Published: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]
Edition:Widescreen version.
Subjects:
Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972.
African American baseball players > Biography.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
Discrimination in sports > United States > History.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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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.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2016.
Widescreen.
Special features: The Anderson Monarchs; outtakes; a conversation with the filmmakers.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround (English) and stereo (Spanish).
Audience:Rating: TV-PG.
Production Credits:Editors, Lewis Erskine, George O'Donnell, Ted Raviv, Michael Levine ; cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy, Tom Mason ;
ISBN:9781627896184
162789618X

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