Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

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• Genre(s): Documentary, History
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Deborah Riley Draper
• Cast(s): Blair Underwood

• Duration: 1h 30min
• Award(s): Image 2017 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: Forbidden Knowledge: Alien Artifacts, The Quest: Nepal
• Story:
  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.
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