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Jesse Owens (2012)
Directed by Laurens Grant
Documentary, History · 53m
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
Andre Braugher
Jesse Owens
Adolf Hitler
Crew
- Director
- Laurens Grant
- Writer
- Stanley Nelson
- Producer
- Stanley Nelson, Laurens Grant
Details
- Release date
- 2012-01-02
- Runtime
- 53m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Production
- GBH