Olympic Pride, American Prejudice (2016)
82 min
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.
- Release date
- August 5, 2016
- Country of origin
- United States, Germany
Trailer
Cast
- Blair Underwood as Narrator
- Sada Jacobson as Self
- Susan D. Bachrach as Self
- Gretel Bergmann as Self
- Dexter Blackman as Self
- Daria Brooks as Self
- Wannetta Brooks as Self
- Lonnie Bunch as Self
- Leroy Burrell as Self
- Cameron Burrell as Self
Crew
- Deborah Riley Draper · Director
- Christopher Englese · Writer
- Francis Gasperini · Writer
- Deborah Riley Draper · Writer
- Rick Smigielski · Writer
- Deborah Riley Draper · Producer
- Cheryl Rogers · Composer
- Jonathan Hall · Cinematographer
- Pascal Akesson · Editor
- Sandra Christie · Editor