Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

Name: Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
Director: Deborah Riley Draper
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2016-08-05
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Blair Underwood

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2016 · 90 min · PG · Documentary · History · TMDB 7.0/10

Overview

In 1936, 18 African American athletes dubbed the "black auxiliary" by Hitler defied Nazi Aryan Supremacy and Jim Crow Racism to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. The world remembers Jesse Owens. But, Olympic Pride American Prejudice shows how all 18 are a seminal precursor to the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Directed by Deborah Riley Draper

Cast

Blair Underwood — Narrator (voice)