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Jesse Owens Cover Image DVD DVD

Jesse Owens [videorecording] / a Firelight Films production for American experience in association with WDR ; a production of WGBH ; senior producer, Sharon Grimberg ; produced and directed by Laurens Grant ; written and produced by Stanley Nelson.

Grimberg, Sharon. (Added Author). Grant, Laurens. (Added Author). Nelson, Stanley. (Added Author). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Added Author). Firelight Films (Firm) (Added Author). Westdeutscher Rundfunk. (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781608836413
  • ISBN: 160883641X
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen
  • Publisher: [United States] : American Experience, [2012]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from web.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematography by John Baynard ... [et al.] ; edited by Aljernon Tunsil ; original music by Tom Phillips.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, widescreen, Region 1, NTSC; 5.1 surround.
Language Note:
English SDH subtitles.
Subject: Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980.
Track and field athletes > United States > Biography.
African American athletes > Biography.
Racism > United States.
Documentary television programs.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Genre: Documentary films.

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Coldwater Branch DVD 796.42 JES (Text) 35401424869716 Video-DVD Available -


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