Jesse Owens
2012-01-02
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53m
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Documentary
History
User Score
1 votes
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.
Laurens Grant
Director
Stanley Nelson
Writer
