Jack Johnson
Actor · 1878 – 1946 · Galveston, Texas, USA
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Movie7.2DocumentaryThe story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 · 28 votes
MovieDocumentaryOssie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
Movie7.0DocumentaryAn American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial consciousness: his difficulty getting big fights early in his career, the pride of African-Americans in his prowess, the shift of White sentiment toward Louis as Hitler came to power, Louis's patriotism during World War II, and the hounding of Louis by the IRS for the following 15 years. In his last years, he's a casino greeter, a drug user, and the occasional object of scorn for young Turks like Muhammad Ali. Appreciative comment comes from boxing scholars, Louis's son Joe Jr., friends, and icons like Maya Angelou, Dick Gregory, and Bill Cosby.
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008 · 2 votes
Movie6.6DocumentaryJack Johnson is a 1970 documentary film directed by Jim Jacobs about the boxer Jack Johnson.
Jack Johnson
1970 · 6 votes
Movie6.8DocumentaryIn 1918, the poet and boxer Arthur Cravan disappears in the Gulf of Mexico without a trace. Today, another boxer and artist, film director Frank Nicotra, begins an investigation that will take you behind the mysterious steps Cravan from Switzerland to Mexico, passing through Paris, London and Barcelona.
Cravan vs. Cravan
2002 · 6 votes
Movie5.5DocumentaryFilm recording of a controversial boxing match with the first black heavyweight champion fighting a white retired former champion.
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest
1910 · 6 votes
Movie7.0DramaJack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion, plays himself in a sports-themed melodrama where Joe Walker, a "98-pound weakling" is forced to step up when his girlfriend, Molly Moran, is falsely accused of grand larceny.
As the World Rolls On
1921 · 1 votes