Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Title details

Type

TV Series

Original title

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Release year

2005

First air date

January 17, 2005

Last air date

January 18, 2005

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

2

Episode runtime

106 minutes

Genres

Documentary

Networks

PBS

Production companies

Florentine Films

Director

Ken Burns

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Seasons

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator (voice)

Keith David

Jack Johnson (voice)

J

Jack Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Stanley Crouch

Self - writer

J

James Earl Jones

Self - actor

B

Bert Sugar

Self - boxing historian

Gerald Early

Self - writer

J

José Torres

Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion

R

Randy Roberts

Self - biographer

J

Jack Newfield

Self - journalist

W

W.C. Heinz

Self - sportswriter

George Plimpton

Self - writer

Characters

• Narrator (voice) voiced by Samuel L. Jackson
• Jack Johnson (voice) voiced by Keith David
• Self (archive footage) voiced by Jack Johnson
• Self - writer voiced by Stanley Crouch
• Self - actor voiced by James Earl Jones
• Self - boxing historian voiced by Bert Sugar
• Self - writer voiced by Gerald Early
• Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion voiced by José Torres
• Self - biographer voiced by Randy Roberts
• Self - journalist voiced by Jack Newfield
• Self - sportswriter voiced by W.C. Heinz
• Self - writer voiced by George Plimpton

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