American Experience: Jesse Owens (2012)

Biography, Documentary, History, Made for TV, Sports

Director: Laurens Grant

Writer(s): Stanley Nelson

Starring: William J. Baker, Andre Braugher, Iris Cummings Critchell, Hilmar Dressler, Harry Edwards, Adolf Hitler, Volker Kluge, David Clay Large, Margaret MacMillan, Rafael Medoff, Theodor Michael, Jesse Owens, Marlene Owens Rankin, William C. Rhoden, Rainer Rother, Jeremy Schaap, Louis Stokes, David Wallechinsky, Guy Walters, Susan Ware, Louis Zamperini

Synopsis: On April 2, 1936, when the 22-year-old son of a sharecropper entered the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, he was barely able to control his anger in the face of Nazi racism. But instead of letting himself be distracted, the young athlete channeled his raw emotions into one of the most remarkable achievements in athletic history: four gold medals in two days.

Release Date: May 1, 2012 (USA) | Length: 53 min | Genre: Biography, History, Sports | MPAA Rating: TV-PG