Jesse Owens
Movie
2012-01-02
53m
Documentary
History
Jesse Owens details Jesse's early career; describes Adolf Hitler s outsized ambitions for the 1936 Olympics; explores the movement in Western democracies to boycott the event; and explains the pressures on Owens to attend. The film also explores why, despite his success in Germany, Owens struggled to find a place for himself in a United States that was still wrestling with its own deeply entrenched racism.
Status
Released
Studio
Director
Cast
Andre Braugher
Narrator (voice)
Jesse Owens
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
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