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Olympic Pride, American Prejudice (2016)

August. 05,2016
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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. But, Olympic Pride American Prejudice shows how all 18 are a seminal precursor to the modern Civil Rights Movement.

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CheerupSilver
2016/08/05

Very Cool!!!

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ChanFamous
2016/08/06

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

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Stephan Hammond
2016/08/07

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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Erica Derrick
2016/08/08

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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