DVD
Jesse Owens
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Narrated by Andre Braugher.
Publication Information
[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation : PBS Distribution, c2012.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
Despite Jesse Owens's remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the athlete struggled to find a place for himself in a United States that was still wrestling to overcome its own deeply entrenched bias.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 2012.