Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

2012
53m
8.0

8.0/10

1 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
GBH

Quick Facts

Release Date January 2, 2012
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt2122879

Cast

Andre Braugher
Andre Braugher

Narrator (voice)

Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Key Crew

Stanley Nelson
Writer
Laurens Grant
Director
Stanley Nelson
Producer
Laurens Grant
Producer

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