Released:
2012-01-02

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.

Director:
Laurens Grant

Runtime:
0h 53min

Genre:
Documentary, History

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