Jackie Robinson
Title
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Jackie Robinson
ISBN
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9781627896191
Edition
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Widescreen version.
Physical Description
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2 Blu-Ray videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note
:
Title from container.
Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2016.
Widescreen.
Special features: The Anderson Monarchs; outtakes; a conversation with the filmmakers.
Reading Level
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Rating: TV-PG.
Personal Subject
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Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
Subject Term
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African American baseball players -- Biography.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
Genre
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Biographical television programs
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs
Added Author
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Burns, Ken, 1953-
Burns, Sarah, 1982-
McMahon, David, 1976-
David, Keith
Foxx, Jamie
Added Corporate Author
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Florentine Films
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Major League Baseball (Organization)
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Summary
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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.
| Library | Material Type | Call Number | Item Available | Copies | Status |
|---|
| Lake Elmo Library | Nonfiction DVD | DVD 796.357 JAC | 1 | 1 | Nonfiction DVDs |