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In the 1930s, Jesse Owens is a young man who is the first in his family to go to college. Going to Ohio State to train under its track and field coach, Larry Snyder, the young African American athlete quickly impresses with his tremendous potential that suggests Olympic material. However, as Owens struggles both with the obligations of his life and the virulent racism against him, the question of whether America would compete at all at the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany is being debated vigorously. When the American envoy finds a compromise persuasive with the Third Reich to avert a boycott, Owens has his own moral struggle about going. Upon resolving that issue, Owens and his coach travel to Berlin to participate in a competition that would mark Owens as the greatest of Americas Olympians even as the German film director, Leni Riefenstahl, locks horns with her countrys Propaganda Minister, Josef Goebbels, to film the politically embarrassing fact for posterity.
This drama based on true events focuses on legendary black athlete Jesse Owens (Stephan James) and his inspiring journey to overcome racism at home and abroad, culminating in his triumphant track-and-field performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics under the tutelage of gruff Ohio State coach Larry Snyder (Jason Sudeikis).
Stephan James
Jesse Owens
Jason Sudeikis
Larry Snyder
Eli Goree
Dave Albritton
Shanice Banton
Ruth Solomon
Carice van Houten
Leni Riefenstahl
Jeremy Irons
Avery Brundage
William Hurt
Jeremiah Mahoney
David Kross
Carl 'Luz' Long
Jonathan Higgins
Dean Cromwell
Tony Curran
Lawson Robertson
Amanda Crew
Peggy
Barnaby Metschurat
Joseph Goebbels
Chantel Riley
Quincella
Vlasta Vrana
St-John
Shamier Anderson
Eulace Peacock
Jesse Bostick
Ken Seitz
Moe Jeudy-Lamour
Mel Walker
Gaetan Normandin
Frank Wykoff
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