Movie

Jesse Owens (2012)

• January 2, 2012
• 53m

• 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.

Director

Laurens Grant

Writers

Stanley Nelson

Starring

Andre Braugher, Jesse Owens, Adolf Hitler