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Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

8.0 (1) ·2012 ·53 min ·Movie
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.

Top Cast

Andre Braugher
Andre Braugher
Narrator (voice)
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)

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