Race (2016)
Directed by Stephen Hopkins

Biography / Drama / Sport

Film Synopsis

In the 1930s, the young African-American athlete Jesse Owens is in training for the 1936 Berlin Olympics.  Whilst Owens is engaged in his own personal fight against racism in America, the country hesitates over participating in the Olympics.  Would the United States' involvement in the games indirectly signal the country's support for the Nazi regime that has recently come to power in Germany?  The President of the Olympic Committee, Jeremiah Mahoney, is in a heated debate over this very matter with the important businessman Avery Brundage.  Undeterred by this political posturing, Owens dedicates himself to proving himself in the games and making his own mark in history...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Stephen Hopkins
  • Script: Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse
  • Photo: Peter Levy
  • Music: Rachel Portman
  • Cast: Stephan James (Jesse Owens), Jason Sudeikis (Larry Snyder), Eli Goree (Dave Albritton), Shanice Banton (Ruth Solomon), Carice van Houten (Leni Riefenstahl), Jeremy Irons (Avery Brundage), William Hurt (Jeremiah Mahoney), David Kross (Carl 'Luz' Long), Jonathan Higgins (Dean Cromwell), Tony Curran (Lawson Robertson), Amanda Crew (Peggy), Barnaby Metschurat (Joseph Goebbels), Chantel Riley (Quincella), Vlasta Vrana (St-John), Shamier Anderson (Eulace Peacock), Jesse Bostick (Ken Seitz), Moe Jeudy-Lamour (Mel Walker), Gaetan Normandin (Frank Wykoff), Jacob Andrew Kerr (Foy Draper), Dondre Octave (Ralph Metcalfe)
  • Country: Canada / Germany
  • Language: English / German
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 134 min

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