Film

Jesse Owens

2012 · 53m · Documentary · History

IMDb

7.5

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.

Andre Braugher

Narrator (voice)

Jesse Owens

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

• Laurens GrantDirector · Producer
• Stanley NelsonWriter · Producer

Release date

January 2, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

53m

Genres

Documentary, History