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Jackie Robinson, directors, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon ; producers, Ken Burns, Florentine, WETA

Label
Jackie Robinson, directors, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon ; producers, Ken Burns, Florentine, WETA
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rating: TVPG
Main title
Jackie Robinson
Responsibility statement
directors, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon ; producers, Ken Burns, Florentine, WETA
Runtime
240
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
Technique
live action
Classification
Film distributor
resource.filmproducer
Narrator