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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9781565014978 Format: Black & White ISBN: 1565014979 Label: A & E Home Video Manufacturer: A & E Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: A & E Home Video Release Date: 2000-02-07 Running Time: 60 Studio: A & E Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1987-04-06
Editorial Reviews: One of the most charismatic and controversial figures in modern America, Jesse Jackson is profiled in this intelligent and balanced installment from the A&E Biography series. Jackson endured discrimination early on as the illegitimate son of a teen mother and her older lover, a respected family man in a small southern town, and as an adult he has overcome numerous obstacles, rising to prominence while never straying far from the center of controversy. Both supporters and critics of Jackson have their say in this documentary, and evenhanded assessments are given of notable events in his life, ranging from his laudable human rights work to actions that even people close to him criticized as publicity stunts. At times Jackson provides his own perspective into actions that were seen as polarizing at the time, such as his embrace with PLO leader Yasser Arafat in the late 1970s. In addition to interviews with Jackson and members of his family, people who knew him as a child and those who came of age with him in the civil rights movement--including Hosea Williams, Julian Bond, and Andrew Young--provide insights into what makes Jackson such a dynamic public figure. --Robert J. McNamara