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Jesse Owens
(en)
8.0
2012
53m
Documentary
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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
Release date: January 2, 2012
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- GBH
Top Cast
Andre Braugher
as Narrator
Jesse Owens
as Self (archive f...
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive f...
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