Jesse Owens
7.5
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.
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Cast
27 people
Andre Braugher
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Mist
Jesse Owens
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin
Mom and Dad
Stanley Nelson
Laurens Grant
Susan Bellows
William J Baker
Self - Historian
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Also in
War of the Century
Hitler's Last Year
Sharon Grimberg
Iris Cummings Critchell
Self - 1936 U.S. Olympic Team
Stacey L. Holman
Hilmar Dressler
Self - Spectator
Harry Edwards
Self - Sociologist
Laurens Grant Director · Stanley Nelson Writer
United States release January 2, 2012 · Production Firelight Films
Production
GBH
Production
Firelight Films
Production
Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
United States · January 2, 2012
TV
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