Unforgivable Blackness The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Two-part TV documentary profile of boxer Jack Johnson. Programme utilises archive footage and interviews.
Cast & credits
Cast
- narrator Keith David
- Voice of Jack Johnson Samuel L. Jackson
- voice Adam Arkin
- voice Philip Bosco
- voice Carolyn McCormick
- voice Kevin Conway
- voice Brian Cox
- voice John Cullum
- voice Murphy Guyer
- voice Ed Harris
- voice Derek Jacobi
- voice Carl Lumbly
- voice Amy Madigan
- voice Joe Morton
- voice Alan Rickman
- voice Studs Terkel
- voice Jack Thompson
- voice Billy Bob Thornton
- voice Courtney B. Vance
- voice Eli Wallach
- voice Jeffrey Wright
- interviewee Bert Randolph Sugar
- interviewee Stanley Crouch
- interviewee José Torres
- interviewee Jack Newfield
- interviewee George Plimpton
Credits
Direction
- Director Ken Burns
- Senior Creative Consultant Geoffrey C. Ward
- Technical Director Sean Huff
Subject
- [Subject of Film] Jack Johnson
Production
- © LLC American Lives II Film Project
- Production Company Florentine Films
- In association with WETA-TV Washington
- Executive Producer Ken Burns
- President/CEO (WETA) Sharon P. Rockefeller
- Producer David Schaye
- Producer Paul Barnes
- Producer Ken Burns
- Co-ordinating Producer Pam Tubridy Baucom
- Associate Producer Susanna Steisel
- Associate Producer (WETA) Karen Kenton
- Executive in Charge of Production (WETA) Dalton Delan
- Project Director (WETA) David S. Thompson
- Chief Financial Officer Brenda Heath
- Associate Financial Officer Patty Lawlor
- Administrative Assistant Elle Carriere
- Administrative Assistant Meg Anne Schindler
- Post-production Associate Margaret Shepardson-legere
- Post-production Associate Jennifer Stanelle
- Production Assistant Fred Udell
- Additional Archive Research Mike Hill
Writing
- Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Photography
- Cinematography Buddy Squires
- Cinematography Stephen McCarthy
- Animation Stand Photography The Frame Shop
- Animation Stand Photog (The Frame Shop) Ed Joyce
- Animation Stand Photog (The Frame Shop) Edward Searles
- Camera Assistant Anthony Savini
- Camera Assistant Tony Rossi
Stills
- Stills Photography Deborah Lohrke
Editing
- Editor (Episode One) Paul Barnes
- Editor (Episode Two) Erik Ewers
- On-line Editor Technicolor Creative Services - New York
- On-Line Editor (TCS) Cecil Hooker
- Assistant Editor Sean Huff
- Assistant Editor Daniel J. White
Titles
- Title Design James Madden
- Title Design Christian D. Bruun
Film processing
- Digital Imaging Daniel J. White
- Negative Matching Nöelle Penraat
- Colour DuArt Film Laboratories
- Spirit Data Cine Film Transfer Technicolor Creative Services - New York
- Spirit Data Cine Film Transfer (TCS) John Dowdell
Music
- Original Music Composed by Wynton Marsalis
- Saxophone (Orig Score/New Arrs) Wessell Anderson
- Tenor Sax/Clarinet (Orig Score/New Arrs) Victor Goines
- Trombone/Tuba (Orig Score/New Arrs) Wycliffe Gordon
- Piano/Percussion (Orig Score/New Arrs) Eric Lewis
- Trumpet (Orig Score/New Arrs) Wynton Marsalis
- Drums/Percussion (Orig Score/New Arrs) Herlin Riley
- Bass (Orig Score/New Arrs) Reginald Veal
- Guitar/Banjo (Orig Score/New Arrs) Doug Wamble
- Music Producer Delfeayo Marsalis
- Music Producer Paul Barnes
- Music Producer Ken Burns
- Music Editor Jacob Ribicoff
Sound
- Sound Recording Brenda Ray
- Sound Recording John Osborne
- Voice-over Recording Full House Productions
- Voice-over Recording Waves
- Voice-over Recording Bad Animals
- Voice-over Recording Sound Company
- Voice-over Recording Stellar Sound Studio
- Voice-over Recording (Full House Prods) Lou Verrico
- Voice-over Recording (Waves) Michael Klinger
- Voice-over Recording (Bad Animals) Mike Mcauliffe
- Voice-over Recording (The Sound Company) Dave Peacock
- Voice-over Recording (Stellar Sound St) Martin Fitzpatrick
- Sound Post-production Sound One
- Re-recording Mixer Dominick R. Tavella
- Sound Effects Editor Sean Huff
- Assistant Sound Editor Ryan Gifford
- Assistant Sound Editor Daniel Ward
- Assistant Sound Editor Daniel J. White
- Dialogue Editor Erik Ewers
- Foley Artist Marko Costanzo
- Foley Mixer George A. Lara
- Foley Assistant Dave Warzynski
Consultant
- Program Adviser Gerald Early
- Program Adviser Randy Roberts
- Program Adviser Nathan Ward
- Program Adviser Jeffrey T. Sammons
- Program Adviser William E. Leuchtenberg
- Program Adviser Harry Shaffer
- Program Adviser Martin Stein
- Program Adviser Dayton Duncan
- Program Adviser Lynn Novick
- Program Adviser Julie Dunfey
- Program Adviser Tim Clark
- Program Adviser Tricia Reidy
- Legal Services Robert N. Gold
- Legal Services Thomas Levy
- Legal Services Art Levy
- Dedicated to George Plimpton
Publicity
- National Publicity Dan Klores Communications
- Publicity (WETA) Dewey Blanton