Great athletes break records. True legends break barriers. Jesse Owens did both, because he was both.
In the year 1936, the world was in turmoil. The Nazis had taken over Germany, and in America, the Great Depression was taking its toll—as was racial oppression.
In these hard times, our nation—and our world—needed a hero to find good where no one else could. Jesse Owens was that man.
The new film Race tells the incredible true story of Jesse Owens’ triumph at the controversial 1936 Berlin Olympics. By winning the Gold medal, Owens upended Hitler’s delusional claims of Aryan superiority, and called into question America’s own severely flawed approach to racial relations. In a matter of seconds, Owens not only became a champion, he changed the course of history.
You can watch the full trailer for Race in the video below. And be sure to check out this powerful true story when it hits theaters February 19th.
