Olympic pride, American prejudice /

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice delves into the climate surrounding the courageous 18 African American athletes who carried the weight and hopes of an entire movement on their shoulders as they boarded a ship to Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 - a Nazi propaganda pageant that did not welcome their pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Coffee Bluff Pictures (Firm), Autlook Filmsales
Other Authors:	Draper, Deborah Riley (writer.), Underwood, Blair (Narrator), Bunch, Lonnie G., DeFrantz, Anita L., Edwards, Harry, 1942-
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned; subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published:	[United States] : Coffee Bluff Pictures, 2016.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Olympic Games > (11th : > 1936 : > Berlin, Germany) Olympic Games Olympics > History. African American athletes > Biography. Olympics > Social aspects. Racism in sports > History. Discrimination in sports > History. Jeux olympiques > Histoire. Sportifs noirs américains > Biographies. Jeux olympiques > Aspect social. Racisme dans les sports > Histoire. Discrimination dans les sports > Histoire. African American athletes Discrimination in sports Olympics Olympics > Social aspects Racism in sports Streaming video. Documentaries and Factual Films Streaming videos. documentary film. Biographical films Biographies Documentary films History Nonfiction films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Biographical films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary films. Films biographiques. Films autres que de fiction. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Olympic Pride, American Prejudice delves into the climate surrounding the courageous 18 African American athletes who carried the weight and hopes of an entire movement on their shoulders as they boarded a ship to Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 - a Nazi propaganda pageant that did not welcome their participation and considered them second class citizens. Their heroic turn at the Games became a seminal precursor to the Civil Rights Movement.
Physical Description:	1 streaming video file (73 min.)
Playing Time:	01:13:12
Awards:	Nominated 2017 NAACP Image Awards, Image Award for Outstanding Documentary (Film)
Production Credits:	Executive producer, Blair Underwood, Michael Draper, Deborah Riley Draper, Amy Tiemann ; cinematographer, Jonathan Hall ; editors, Sandra Christie, Pascal Akesson ; composer, Cheryl Rogers.