Jesse Owens

8.0
201253m

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.

Production

Logo for GBH

Cast

Photo of Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

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