Jesse Owens
★ 8.0201253 minReleased
Jesse Owens
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.
Top Cast
Genres
Documentary | History
Director
Laurens Grant
Budget / Revenue
$0.0M / $0.0M
Production Companies
GBH.
