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The Great White Hope is a 1970 film written and adapted from the Howard Sackler play of the same title. The film was directed by Martin Ritt, starring James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Chester Morris, Hal Holbrook, Beah Richards and Moses Gunn. James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander, who also appeared in the same roles in the stage versions, both received best actor Academy Award nominations for their performances....
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Jack Johnson (1971)
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Kevin W. Kennedy
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Director - William F. Cayton
Screenplay - Al Bodian
Producer - Jim Jacobs
Cinematography - Larry Garlinger
Music - Miles Davis
Editor - John Dandre
Sound - Barney Beck
Sound - Al Schaffer
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Best Documentary Feature - 1970 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Ken Burns
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John Arthur ("Jack") Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), nicknamed the “Galveston Giant”, was an American boxer, the first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908-1915).