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Synopsis

Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.

Year2016
CountryCanada
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Olympic athletics · racial discrimination · Nazi ideology · American racism · overcoming adversity