Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Year:
Duration:
214 min | USA:220 min (DVD version)
Genres:
Documentary | Biography | Sport
IMDB rate:
8.4
Director:
Ken Burns
Awards:
Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 5 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2005-01-17
Filming Locations: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Jack Johnson
Himself (archive footage)
Keith David
Narrator (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
Jack Johnson (voice)
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)
Muhammad Ali
Himself (archive footage)
Tommy Burns
Himself (archive footage)
Lucille Cameron
Herself (archive footage)
James J. Corbett
Himself (archive footage)
Stanley Crouch
Himself
Gerald Early
Himself
W.C. Heinz
Himself
James J. Jeffries
Himself (archive footage)
James Earl Jones
Himself
Stanley Ketchel
Himself (archive footage)
Joe Louis
Himself (archive footage)
Jack Newfield
Himself
George Plimpton
Himself
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Himself (archive footage)
Randy Roberts
Himself
Bert Randolph Sugar
Himself (as Bert Sugar)
John L. Sullivan
Himself (archive footage)
Jess Willard
Himself (archive footage)
Quotes
Jack Johnson: I have found no better way in avoiding race prejudice than to act with people of other races as if prejudice did not exist.
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Jack Johnson: If and suppose, two small words, but nobody has ever been able to explain them. One man falls out of bed and is killed, another falls from a fifty foot scaffold and lives. One man gets shot in the leg and is killed, another gets a bullet in the brain and lives. I always take a chance on my pleasures.
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