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Olympic pride, American prejudice, Coffee Bluff Pictures ; Spark Productions ; written and directed by Deborah Riley Draper

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Olympic pride, American prejudice, Coffee Bluff Pictures ; Spark Productions ; written and directed by Deborah Riley Draper
Language
eng
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videorecording
Main title
Olympic pride, American prejudice
Responsibility statement
Coffee Bluff Pictures ; Spark Productions ; written and directed by Deborah Riley Draper
Runtime
85
Summary
In 1936, 18 African-American athletes participated in the Berlin Olympic Games, defying Nazi Aryan supremacy and Jim Crow racism. Despite their achievements, winning hearts and medals in Berlin, the world only remembers one of them, Jesse Owens, This film is the story of the other seventeen, restoring these athletes to their proper place in history
Technique
live action
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