Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson is a 2005 biographical documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns, based on the 2004 nonfiction book of the same name by Geoffrey C. Ward.

It describes the life story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World.

It is narrated by Keith David,[1] with a soundtrack by Wynton Marsalis and with Samuel L. Jackson as the voice of Jack Johnson.

Stanley Crouch appears, offering commentary, including a quote from Johnson responding to a question from a white woman about black people, "We eat cold eels and think distant thoughts."

In 2005, the film earned Ken Burns an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming.