Jackie Robinson[videorecording] /directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon ; written by David MacMahon and Sarah Burns ; produced by Sarah Burns, David McMahon, and Ken Burns.

2 videodiscs (240 minutes) :sound, colour with black and white sequences ;4 3/4 inches

Special features: The Anderson Monarchs; outtakes; a conversation with the filmmakers.

Title from container.

Editors, Lewis Erskine, George O'Donnell, Ted Raviv, Michael Levine ; cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy, Tom Mason.

Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Jackie Robinson, Jamie Foxx.

Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2016.

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.

E.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround (English) and stereo (Spanish).

For private home use only.

English (Dolby 5.1 surround) and Spanish (Dolby 2.0, stereo) language tracks; with optional English and Spanish subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); audio-described.

1.Robinson, Jackie,--1919-1972.1.African American baseball players--Biography.2.Baseball players--United States--Biography.3.Biographical films.4.Discrimination in sports--United States--History.5.Historical films.Dynamic Details
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