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.
Burns, Ken, 1953- television director, screenwriter, television producer.; Burns, Sarah, 1982- television director, screenwriter, television producer.; McMahon, David, 1976- television director, screenwriter, television producer.; David, Keith, narrator.; Foxx, Jamie, voice actor.; Erskine, Lewis, editor of moving image work.; Raviv, Ted, editor of moving image work.; O'Donnell, George (Film editor), editor of moving image work.; Squires, Buddy, director of photography.; Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- composer (expression); Wamble, Doug, composer (expression); 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.
2016
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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
Published [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]
Distributed [Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Language Note 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).
Description 2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Standard Identifiers 841887027557
Call Number GV865.R6 J328 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 796.357092 B
Distributor No. JARO600 PBS
JARO600.1 PBS
JARO600.2 PBS
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.
Note Wide screen.
Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2016.
Special features (disc 2): The Anderson Monarchs; outtakes; a conversation with the filmmakers.
Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Jackie Robinson, Jamie Foxx.
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.
Audience Rating: TV-PG.
System Details Note DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround (English) and 2.0 stereo (English, Spanish).
Digital File Characteristics video file DVD video region 1
Added Author Burns, Ken, 1953- television director, screenwriter, television producer.
Burns, Sarah, 1982- television director, screenwriter, television producer.
McMahon, David, 1976- television director, screenwriter, television producer.
David, Keith, narrator.
Foxx, Jamie, voice actor.
Erskine, Lewis, editor of moving image work.
Raviv, Ted, editor of moving image work.
O'Donnell, George (Film editor), editor of moving image work.
Squires, Buddy, director of photography.
Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- composer (expression)
Wamble, Doug, composer (expression)
Added Corporate Author 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.
Includes Container of (work): Jackie Robinson (Television program : 2016)
Container of (expression): Jackie Robinson (Television program : 2016). Spanish.
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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.

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