Jesse Owens
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- Der wahre Champion: Siegen mit HightechSelf (archive footage)2016
- Jesse Owens et Luz Long : le temps d'une étreinteSelf (archive footage)2015
- Jesse OwensSelf (archive footage)2012
- Black Power SaluteSelf (archive footage)2008
- Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer GamesSelf (archive footage)1999
- Hitler's Forgotten VictimsSelf (achive footage)1997
- The Record BreakersSelf (archive footage)1991
- Ace of AcesSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)1982
- GenocideSelf (archive footage)1982
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)1975
- Jesse Owens Returns to BerlinHost / Narrator1966
- The Grand OlympicsHimself1961
- The Century Is FiftySelf (archive footage)1950
- Olympic CavalcadeHimself1948
- Easy to GetSelf (archive footage)1947
- Mom and DadLecturer (live on stage during intermissions, black demographic screenings only)1945
- The Negro SoldierHimself1944
- Olympia: Part One – Festival of the NationsSelf (uncredited)1938
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- Alternative names
- James Cleveland Owens
- BornSeptember 12, 1913Oakville, Alabama, USA
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