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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: August 5, 2016
Summary: Olympic Pride, American Prejudice explores the experiences of 18 African American Olympians who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Set against the strained and turbulent atmosphere of a racially divided America, which was torn between boycotting Hitler’s Olympics or participating in the Third Reich’s grandest affair, the film follows 16 men and two women before, during and after their heroic turn at the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. They represented a country that considered them second class citizens and competed in a country that rolled out the red carpet in spite of an undercurrent of Aryan superiority and anti-Semitism. They were world heroes yet returned home to a short-lived glory.
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Runtime: 82 min
Rating: Not Rated
Official Site: http://www.1936olympicsmovie.com/
Production: Coffee Bluff Pictures
Genres: History, Documentary
Countries: USA, Germany
Language: English
Director Credit
Deborah Riley Draper Director
Writer Credit
Deborah Riley Draper Writer
Cast Credit
Anita DeFrantz Cast
Carl Lewis Himself
Harry Edwards Himself
Isiah Thomas Himself
Lonnie Bunch Himself
Producer Credit
Amy Tiemann Executive Producer
Blair Underwood Executive Producer
Deborah Riley Draper Executive Producer
Lacy Barnes Line Producer
Michael A. Draper Executive Producer
Tandi Reddick Assistant Producer