Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 2, 2012
• Runtime
• 53 min
• Genres
• Documentary, History
• Director
• Laurens Grant

Jesse Owens — Cast

Andre Braugher Narrator (voice) Jesse Owens Self (archive footage) Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage)