Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Ken Burns

Geoffrey C. Ward

[Cast Group]
Actor: Keith David | Character: Narrator
Actor: Jack Johnson | Character: Self
Actor: Stanley Crouch | Character: Self - Writer
Actor: Samuel L. Jackson | Character: Jack Johnson
Actor: Adam Arkin | Character: Other Voices
Actor: James Earl Jones | Character: Self - Actor
Actor: Philip Bosco | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Bert Sugar | Character: Self - Boxing Historian
Actor: Kevin Conway | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Gerald Early | Character: Self - Writer
Actor: Brian Cox | Character: Other Voices
Actor: José Torres | Character: Self - Former Light Heavyweight Champion
Actor: John Cullum | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Randy Roberts | Character: Self - Biographer
Actor: Murphy Guyer | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Jack Newfield | Character: Self - Journalist
Actor: Ed Harris | Character: Other Voices
Actor: W.C. Heinz | Character: Self - Sportswriter
Actor: Derek Jacobi | Character: Other Voices
Actor: George Plimpton | Character: Self - Writer
Actor: Carl Lumbly | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Amy Madigan | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Carolyn McCormick | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Joe Morton | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Alan Rickman | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Billy Bob Thornton | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Muhammad Ali | Character: Self
Actor: Tommy Burns | Character: Self
Actor: Lucille Cameron | Character: Self
Actor: James J. Corbett | Character: Self
Actor: Marty Cutler | Character: Self
Actor: Jack Dempsey | Character: Self
Actor: W.E.B. Du Bois | Character: Self
Actor: Joe Jeanette | Character: Self
Actor: Jack Jeffries | Character: Self
Actor: James J. Jeffries | Character: Self
Actor: Al Kaufman | Character: Self
Actor: Stanley Ketchel | Character: Self
Actor: Kenesaw M. Landis | Character: Self
Actor: Sam Langford | Character: Self
Actor: Joe Louis | Character: Self
Actor: James Robert Mann | Character: Self
Actor: Victor McLaglen | Character: Self
Actor: Sam McVey | Character: Self
Actor: Adam Clayton Powell Jr. | Character: Self
Actor: Tex Rickard | Character: Self
Actor: John L. Sullivan | Character: Self
Actor: Studs Terkel | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Jack Thompson | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Courtney B. Vance | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Eli Wallach | Character: Other Voices
Actor: Booker T. Washington | Character: Self
Actor: Jess Willard | Character: Self
Actor: Woodrow Wilson | Character: Self
Actor: Jeffrey Wright | Character: Other Voices

[Directors Group]
Name: Ken Burns | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Geoffrey C. Ward | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Paul Barnes | Role: Producer
Name: Pam Tubridy Baucom | Role: Producer
Name: Ken Burns | Role: Producer
Name: David Schaye | Role: Producer
Name: Susanna Steisel | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Wynton Marsalis | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Stephen McCarthy | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Buddy Squires | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Paul Barnes | Role: Editor
Name: Erik Ewers | Role: Editor

[Sound Department]
Name: Marko A. Costanzo | Role: Sound Department
Name: Ryan Gifford | Role: Sound Department
Name: Sean Huff | Role: Sound Department
Name: George A. Lara | Role: Sound Department
Name: John Osborne | Role: Sound Department
Name: Brenda Ray | Role: Sound Department
Name: Dominick Tavella | Role: Sound Department
Name: Daniel Ward | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Dalton Delan | Role: Special Effects

[Editorial Department]
Name: Tyler Cote | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Melanie Cunningham | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Sean Huff | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Katherine O'Toole | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Liz Seru | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Margaret Shepardson-Legere | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Danielle L. Statuto | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Daniel J. White | Role: Editorial Department

[Music Department]
Name: Wessell Anderson | Role: Music Department
Name: Paul Barnes | Role: Music Department
Name: Ken Burns | Role: Music Department
Name: Elew | Role: Music Department
Name: Andy Farber | Role: Music Department
Name: Wycliffe Gordon | Role: Music Department
Name: Delfeayo Marsalis | Role: Music Department
Name: Wynton Marsalis | Role: Music Department
Name: Anthony J. Resta | Role: Music Department
Name: Jacob Ribicoff | Role: Music Department
Name: Reginald Veal | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Jessie Anderson | Role: Production Department
Name: Fred Udell | Role: Production Department
Name: Elizabeth Waybright | Role: Production Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Dewey Blanton | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tim Clark | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bob De Flores | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dayton Duncan | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Julie Dunfey | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Gerald Early | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Andy Farber | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Greg French | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jim Johnston | Role: Additional Crew
Name: William Leuchtenburg | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bill Loughman | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Lynn Novick | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tricia Reidy | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Herlin Riley | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Randy Roberts | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sharon Rockefeller | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jeffrey T. Sammons | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kevin Smith | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Martin L. Stein | Role: Additional Crew
Name: David M. Thompson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Rosalind P. Walter | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Geoffrey C. Ward | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Delmar Watson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: John Dowdell | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: Michael Balabuch | Role: Thanks
Name: Tom Bodett | Role: Thanks
Name: Sarah Botstein | Role: Thanks
Name: Tom Bower | Role: Thanks
Name: Lee Philip Brumbaugh | Role: Thanks
Name: Carol Butler | Role: Thanks
Name: David Davis | Role: Thanks
Name: Mike DeLisa | Role: Thanks
Name: Greg French | Role: Thanks
Name: Dennis Haysbert | Role: Thanks
Name: Peg Holmes | Role: Thanks
Name: Jim Johnston | Role: Thanks
Name: Gene Jones | Role: Thanks
Name: Bill Loughman | Role: Thanks
Name: Patrick Maschio | Role: Thanks
Name: Dave Meichsner | Role: Thanks
Name: Craig Mellish | Role: Thanks
Name: Peter Miller | Role: Thanks
Name: Albert Murray | Role: Thanks
Name: Jack Newfield | Role: Thanks
Name: Joyce Carol Oates | Role: Thanks
Name: Brock Peters | Role: Thanks
Name: Larry Pine | Role: Thanks
Name: George Plimpton | Role: Thanks
Name: Allen Reuben | Role: Thanks
Name: Kevin Smith | Role: Thanks

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413615/videogallery/

United States: September 4, 2004 (Telluride Film Festival)
Canada: September 16, 2004 (Toronto International Film Festival)
United States: October 10, 2004 (New York Film Festival)
United States: January 17, 2005
Finland: August 30, 2005

Winner | 2006 | Writers Guild of America, USA | WGA Award (TV) | Documentary - Other Than Current Events | Geoffrey C. Ward, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Nominee | 2006 | Cinema Audio Society, USA | C.A.S. Award | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Dominick Tavella, Brenda Ray, John Osborne, Lou Verrico, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Nominee | 2005 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | Ken Burns, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Winner | 2005 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Nonfiction Special | David Schaye, Paul Barnes, Ken Burns, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Winner | 2005 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming | Geoffrey C. Ward, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Nominee | 2005 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) | Sean Huff, Erik Ewers, Jacob Ribicoff, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | For episode one.
Winner | 2005 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Keith David, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | juried award: no noms
Nominee | 2006 | Image Awards (NAACP) | Image Award | Outstanding TV News, Talk or Information (Series or Special) | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Nominee | 2006 | Black Reel Awards | Black Reel | Best Documentary | Ken Burns, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

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