Jackie Robinson (miniseries)

(Redirected from Jackie Robinson (film)) 2016 television documentary miniseries by Ken Burns

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Jackie Robinson
Genre	Documentary
Written by	David McMahon Sarah Burns
Directed by	Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon
Starring	Jamie Foxx
Narrated by	Keith David
Theme music composer	Wynton Marsalis Doug Wamble
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Producers	Sarah Burns David McMahon Ken Burns
Cinematography	Buddy Squires
Editors	Lewis Erskine, Ted Raviv
Running time	4 hours
Production company	Florentine Films
Original release
Network	PBS
Release	April 11 (2016-04-11) – April 12, 2016 (2016-04-12)

Jackie Robinson is a 2016 American television documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns. It debuted as a two-part series, the first half premiering on April 11, 2016, and the second half airing the following night. It concerns the life of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in the major leagues of baseball in the modern era.

Actors and historians

The documentary series is narrated by Keith David, and features the voice of Jamie Foxx as Jackie Robinson. A large group of noted commentators give background information. They include:

Harry Belafonte
Howard Bryant
Ed Charles
Gerald Early
Jonathan Eig
Carl Erskine
Willie Mays
Barack Obama
Michelle Obama
David Robinson (Jackie's son)
Rachel Robinson (Jackie's widow)
Sharon Robinson (Jackie's daughter)
John Thorn
George Will
Yohuru Williams

Episodes

"Jackie Robinson: Part I"
"Jackie Robinson: Part II"

References

External links

Jackie Robinson at IMDb

Jackie Robinson

Topics

Cultural
depictions

Films	The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990) Soul of the Game (1996) 42 (2013) Jackie Robinson (2016)
Musicals	The First (1981) Play to Win (1989)
Plays	Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting (1989)
Statues	A Handshake for the Century Reese and Robinson Monument Stealing Home Statue of Jackie Robinson (Wichita, Kansas) Statue of Jackie Robinson (Jersey City)

Namesakes

Ken Burns

Documentaries

As director	Brooklyn Bridge (1981) The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984) The Statue of Liberty (1985) Huey Long (1985) The Congress (1988) Thomas Hart Benton (1988) The Civil War (1990) Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) Baseball (1994) Thomas Jefferson (1997) Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) Frank Lloyd Wright (1998) Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (1999) Jazz (2001) Mark Twain (2001) Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003) Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) The War (2007) The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009) The Tenth Inning (2010) Prohibition (2011) The Dust Bowl (2012) The Central Park Five (2012) Yosemite: A Gathering of Spirit (2013) The Address (2014) The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014) Jackie Robinson (2016) Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War (2016) The Vietnam War (2017) The Mayo Clinic: Faith – Hope – Science (2018) Country Music (2019) Hemingway (2021) Muhammad Ali (2021) Benjamin Franklin (2022) The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022) The American Buffalo (2023) Leonardo da Vinci (2024)
As writer	Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015)
As producer	The West (1996)

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Actors and historians

Episodes

See also

References

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