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.

Cast

Andre Braugher

Narrator (voice)

Jesse Owens

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)