Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: August 5, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweAug 11, 2016
Draper constructs a concisely assembled editorial package that covers the essential historical backstory of the 1936 Games while building drama during the competition and establishing a consistently affecting emotional arc throughout. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranAug 4, 2016
History is not neat and tidy, however much we wish it could be, and Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is more than adept at getting to the truth about perhaps the most mythologized event of the modern Olympic movement. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonAug 5, 2016
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice tackles its subject in a straightforward manner freed from dramatic license and the fear of box office failure. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAndy WebsterAug 4, 2016
[A] deft and comprehensive documentary. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanAug 4, 2016
As a documentary, “Olympic Pride” is a little on the staid side. The film’s writer-producer-director, Deborah Riley Draper, works in a variation on the Ken Burns style.... Yet she does an absorbing job of capturing a historical moment that was even more fraught than it’s generally imagined to be. Read full review
70
Village VoiceTatiana CraineAug 4, 2016
Riley doesn't portray this fellowship of black athletes as victims, but as pioneers proving themselves against white supremacy behind enemy lines. And yet this doc also pulls them back down to earth as mere men and women competing against the odds, human to human. Read full review
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