Jesse Owens (2012)
53m
Running Time
January 2, 2012Release Date
Jesse Owens (2012)
53m
Running Time
January 2, 2012Release Date
Network & Production Companies
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.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Andre Braugher
Narrator
Jesse Owens
Self (archive footage)
William J. Baker
Self - Historian
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Iris Cummings Critchell
Self - 1936 U.S. Olympic Team
Stanley Nelson
Writer / Producer
Hilmar Dressler
Self - Spectator
Laurens Grant
Director / Producer
Harry Edwards
Self - Sociologist
Volker Kluge
Self - Writer
David Clay Large
Self - Historian
Rafael Medoff
Self - Historian
Tom Phillips
Composer
John Baynard
Cinematographer
Roland Breitschuh
Cinematographer
Aaron Britton
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
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.
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