| Description: |
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Language: |
English and Spanish language tracks; with optional English and Spanish subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); audio-described. |
| Note: |
Title from container. |
| Performer: |
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 ; |
| Note: |
Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2016. |
| System: |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround (English) and stereo (Spanish). |
| Note: |
Widescreen. |
| Audience: |
Rating: TV-PG. |
| 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: |
Special features: The Anderson Monarchs; outtakes; a conversation with the filmmakers. |
| Subject: |
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
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African American baseball players -- Biography.
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
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Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
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| Genre: |
Biographical television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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| Contributors: |
Burns, Ken, 1953- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
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Burns, Sarah, 1982- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
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McMahon, David, 1976- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
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David, Keith, narrator.
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Foxx, Jamie, voice actor.
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Florentine Films, production company.
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WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), production company.
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Major League Baseball (Organization), production company.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), broadcaster, publisher.
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PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.
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| ISBN/ISSN: |
9781627896184 |
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162789618X |
| ISBN/ISSN |
841887027557 |
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