Jesse Owens

01/02/2012

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0hr 53min

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Documentary

,History

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Andre Braugher
  • Jesse Owens
  • Adolf Hitler

    Director

  • Stanley Nelson

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • GBH

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES