(Jesse Owens)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Genres:

Documentary,

History

Runtime:

53 minutes

Year:

2012

Directors:

Laurens Grant

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Production companies:

GBH

Actors:

Narrator

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Crews:

Director

Producer

Writer

Producer