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This first part of the film follows Jack Johnson's remarkable journey from his humble beginnings in Galveston, Texas, to his entry into the world of professional boxing, where, in turn-of-the-century Jim Crow America, the heavyweight championship was an exclusively "white title." In 1908 Johnson became the first African-American to earn the title Heavyweight Champion of the World. On July 4, 1910, ex-champion Jim Jeffries, the new "Great White Hope,"...
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By the end of 1910, as the second part of this film begins, Jack Johnson was the most famous - and the most notorious - African-American on earth. But when no one was able to beat the champion in the ring, the U.S. government set out to destroy him in the courts. Unfairly charged with violating the Mann Act, Johnson was convicted and sentenced to jail. Skipping bail, he fled to Europe, where he remained a fugitive for many years. Determined to live...
3) Jack Dempsey
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I can't sing; I can't dance; but I can lick every man in the place, said Jack Dempsey, and he was right. A superb boxer, the "Manassa Mauler" brought about the Golden Age of Sports in the 1920s.
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This program helps us to understand the author of those well-loved action stories whose rugged example and realist style influenced writers from Hemingway to Orwell. His daughter traces her father's life through personal reminiscence, archival family photos, and rare film footage.
5) Jack Kerouac
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Jack Kerouac, cult writer of the Beat generation, remains an American icon. This documentary focuses on the creative pinnacle of his life-63 days spent as a fire warden on Desolation Peak in Washington State. Examining the time through photos and the commentary of those who knew him, the program illuminates Kerouac's previous work, while prefiguring his later spiral into alcoholism. This is a moving film essay on the unfulfilled ambitions of one of...
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In the United States, a backlash against mass-produced foods has led the Organic and Farm to Table movements. Freshly grown organic fruits and vegetables, foods produced from fresh local ingredients, and artisan and farmhouse cheeses have been at the forefront of these movements. In this episode, host Will Studd travels to Northern California to find out more about these products. Starting at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco and heading...