Jesse Owens

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.

Date of release
2012-01-02
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
53m
Genres
Documentary, History
Director
Laurens Grant

Casting

Interesting facts

Jesse Owens is a 2012 American documentary television film produced and distributed by PBS. It serves as the seventh episode of season 24 of American Experience.

Production and release

PBS produced the film for American Experience. The film serves as a profile of Owens and includes experts weighing in on his accomplishments.

Laurens Grant directed the film. Stanley Nelson, who frequently collaborates with PBS wrote the film. Andre Braugher narrates the film.

PBS both broadcast the film and released it on DVD on May 1, 2012.

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