Jesse Owens
Directed by Laurens Grant2012 53m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary), [History](/on-demand/category/history)
8.0
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.
