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''Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson'' is a documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Geoffrey C. Ward (2004). In Burns' signature style the 220-minute film serves as a biography of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, as well as a documentary of racism and social inequality during the Jim Crow era against which Jack Johnson lived in defiant opposition. The documentary was first broadcast on PBS in two parts on January 17 and January 18, 2005. The film is narrated by Keith David〔The Hollywood reporter: Volume 395. 2006〕 and features a soundtrack by Wynton Marsalis and Samuel L. Jackson as the voice of Jack Johnson.〔About time: Volumes 32-34. 2004, page 12.〕 Alan Rickman also contributed his voice to the documentary. In 2005, the film earned Burns an Emmy Award for Directing for Non-Fiction Programming. David won an Emmy for Best Voice Over Performance.〔 The film was produced by David Schaye, Paul Barnes and Ken Burns (Executive Producer) for Florentine Films. ==See also== ''The Great White Hope'', Howard Sackler's 1967 dramatization of Jack Johnson's life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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