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Jesse Owens
2012
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.
About Jesse Owens
- Release date
- 2012-01-02
- Runtime
- 53 minutes
- Original language
- en
- Country of origin
- US
- Status
- Released
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