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Jackie Robinson

Title
Jackie Robinson / directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon.
Publication
  • [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]
  • [Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Additional Authors
  • Burns, Ken, 1953-
  • Burns, Sarah, 1982-
  • McMahon, David, 1976-
  • David, Keith
  • Foxx, Jamie
  • 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.
Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Uniform Title
  • Jackie Robinson (Television program : 2016)
  • Jackie Robinson (Television program : 2016). Spanish.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographical television programs.
  • Documentary television programs.
  • Nonfiction television programs.
  • Historical television programs.
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
  • Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Note
  • Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2016.
  • Widescreen.
  • Special features: The Anderson Monarchs; outtakes; a conversation with the filmmakers.
Credits (note)
  • Screenwriters, David MacMahon, Sarah Burns ; producers, Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Ken Burns ; cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy, Tom Mason ; editors, Lewis Erskine, George O'Donnell, Ted Raviv, Michael Levine ; composers, Wynton Marsalis, Doug Wamble ; a Florentine Films production ; produced in association with Major League Baseball, WETA, Washington, D.C.
Audience (note)
  • Rating: TV-PG.
System Details (note)
  • DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround (English) and stereo (Spanish).
  • DVD.
Language (note)
  • English and Spanish language tracks; with optional English and Spanish subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); audio-described.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1577
ISBN
9781627896184
LCCN
841887027557
OCLC
941834710
Title
Jackie Robinson / directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon.
Publisher
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]
Distributor
[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Edition
Widescreen version.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD video region 1
Performer
Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Jackie Robinson, Jamie Foxx.
Credits
Screenwriters, David MacMahon, Sarah Burns ; producers, Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Ken Burns ; cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy, Tom Mason ; editors, Lewis Erskine, George O'Donnell, Ted Raviv, Michael Levine ; composers, Wynton Marsalis, Doug Wamble ; a Florentine Films production ; produced in association with Major League Baseball, WETA, Washington, D.C.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround (English) and stereo (Spanish).
Audience
Rating: TV-PG.
Language
English and Spanish language tracks; with optional English and Spanish subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); audio-described.
System Details
DVD.
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Added 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.
Added Title
Container of (work): Jackie Robinson (Television program : 2016)
Container of (expression): Jackie Robinson (Television program : 2016). Spanish.
Other Standard Identifier
841887027557
Publisher No.
JARO600 PBS (container)
JARO600.1 PBS (disc 1)
JARO600.2 PBS (disc 2)
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1577
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