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Aug 5, 2016 · Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: Directed by Deborah Riley Draper. With Blair Underwood, Sada Jacobson, Susan D. Bachrach, Gretel Bergmann. In 1936 when 18 African-American athletes participated in the Berlin Olympic Games, history forgot all except one.
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- Documentary, History
- Deborah Riley Draper
- 2016-08-05
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is a 2016 American documentary film written and directed by Deborah Riley Draper. Dr. Amy Tiemann, Michael A. Draper, and Blair Underwood (who also narrated the film) were executive producers. The film premiered at the LA Film Festival in 2016.
Aug 5, 2016 · Deborah Riley Draper ’s documentary, "Olympic Pride, American Prejudice," tells the story of these unsung competitors, many of whom won medals of their own. It opens just in time for 2016’s own Olympic games, and is well worth the time and money.
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is a feature length documentary exploring the trials and triumphs of 18 African American Olympians in 1936.
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. 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.
Aug 5, 2016 · Olympic Pride, American Prejudice LLC. Deborah Riley Draper’s revealing account of the 1936 Olympics arrives at a particularly conflicted juncture in American social and political affairs.
Aug 4, 2016 · Directed by Deborah Riley Draper. Documentary, History. 1h 22m. By Andy Webster. Aug. 4, 2016. The Olympic Games have never been immune from politics, and they certainly weren’t in 1936, when...
