Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
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100% of critics liked it
(5 reviews) -
52% want to see it
(52 ratings)
- Directed By
- Kevin Burns, Ken Burns
- Genres
- Documentary, Special Interest
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Jason Gorber, Film Scouts
Burns brings forth many impressive historical details, all contextualized within the overarching story of Race in America. Hours later, you are left with what feels like a genuine sense of what made the guy tick, and the world that he inhabited. Yet anoth
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Donald J. Levit, ReelTalk Movie Reviews
The subject is admirably served here.
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Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters
If the film's basic structure is pedestrian, Burns is right about one thing: Johnson booms off the screen in every image.
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Frank Ochieng, TheWorldJournal.com
Unforgivable Blackness will stand as an absorbing microscope in reference to resilient black manhood in all its vulnerability and vitality.
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Boo Allen, Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Burns does his usual bit of mastery and brings to life a time, a man, and a country.
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