Jesse Owens

2012
Jesse Owens
7.5| 0h53m| en| History, Documentary
Storyline

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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Jesse Owens Trailers,Teasers and Images

  • Jesse Owens Cast
Andre Braugher as Narrator
Jesse Owens as Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)

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