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Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

8.0/10
January 2, 2012
53 minutes
Laurens Grant
Documentary History

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.

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Movie Details

Release Date

January 2, 2012

Runtime

53 minutes

Director

Laurens Grant

Rating

8.0/10

Production Companies

GBH

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