Top billed cast

1. 

   Jack Johnson

   Self (archive footage)

2. 

   Brock Peters

   Jack Johnson (voice)

3. 

   Kevin Kennedy

   Self - Narrator (voice)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-06-28

When Jack Johnson fought for his world title against Tommy Burns in 1908, it looked a bit like David and Goliath and starts quite a fascinating journey for us through not just the history of boxing (replete with elements of racial bigotry and hatred) but also an almost encyclopaedic look at the evolution of the coverage of the sport on film. This documentary offers us a surprisingly comprehensive chronology of the man, with little by way of useful narrative but with plenty of Miles Davis to immerse us thoroughly in this era. Dominant throughout the early part of the twentieth century, he strug...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• boxing