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 MacMahon & Sarah Burns ; produced by Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Ken Burns.
Author:
Burns, Ken, 1953- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Burns, Sarah, 1982- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
McMahon, David, 1976- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
David, Keith, narrator.
Foxx, Jamie, voice actor.
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.
Publication Information:
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]
[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]
©2016
Call Number:
GV865.R6 J33 2016 DISCS1-2
Abstract:
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.
Added Uniform Title:
Container of (work): Jackie Robinson (Television program : 2016)
Container of (expression): Jackie Robinson (Television program : 2016). Spanish.
Edition:
Widescreen version.
ISBN:
9781627896184
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2016.
Widescreen.
Special features: The Anderson Monarchs; outtakes; a conversation with the filmmakers.
Personal Subject:
Reading Level:
Rating: TV-PG.
Subject:
Terms Governing Use:
Public performance rights - GCN
