Jackie Robinson
(DVD)
Contributors
Burns, Ken, 1953- film director,
Burns, Sarah, 1982- film director,
McMahon, David, 1976- film director,
David, Keith, narrator.
Foxx, Jamie, voice actor.
Burns, Sarah, 1982- film director,
McMahon, David, 1976- film director,
David, Keith, narrator.
Foxx, Jamie, voice actor.
Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016].
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
DVD 796.357 Jac
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DVD 796.357 Jac
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Oliver La Farge - Media
DVD 796.357 Jac
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DVD 796.357 Jac
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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| Oliver La Farge - Media | DVD 796.357 Jac | On Shelf |
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Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016].
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
UPC
841887027557
Notes
General Note
Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2016.
General Note
Widescreen.
General Note
Special features: The Anderson Monarchs; outtakes; a conversation with the filmmakers.
Creation/Production 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.
Participants/Performers
Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Jackie Robinson, Jamie Foxx.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD format; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround (English) and stereo (Spanish).
Language
English and Spanish language tracks; with optional English and Spanish subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); audio-described.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American baseball players -- Biography.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Biographies.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Political activists -- United States -- Biography.
Robinson, Jackie, -- 1919-1972.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Biographies.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Political activists -- United States -- Biography.
Robinson, Jackie, -- 1919-1972.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects