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.

• DirectorLaurens Grant
• Release2 January 2012
• Genre
  Documentary / History
• Duration0h 53m
• Budget?
• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  8.0
  1 reviews
• Productions

  GBH