Olympic Pride, American Prejudice (Blu-ray)
In 1936 when 18 African-American athletes participated in the Berlin Olympic Games, history forgot all except one. This is the story of the other 17.
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Blu-ray BD-R Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 25 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: December 6, 2016
- Originally Released: 2016
- Label: Gravitas Ventures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Directed by | Deborah Riley Draper | |
| Narrated by | Blair Underwood | |
| Director of Photography: | Jonathan Hall | |
| Hosted by | Isiah Thomas |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Draper paints affecting thumbnail portraits of athletes like Ralph Metcalfe, a slightly older sprinter who became a role model for Owens, and Howell King, a boxer who... was forced, for no good reason, to do his qualifying bout a second time.
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Variety
History is not neat and tidy, however much we wish it could be, and "Olympic Pride, American Prejudice" is more than adept at getting to the truth about perhaps the most mythologized event of the modern Olympic movement.
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Los Angeles Times
Riley doesn't portray this fellowship of black athletes as victims, but as pioneers proving themselves against white supremacy behind enemy lines. And yet this doc also pulls them back down to earth.
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Village Voice
Rating: 6/10 --
Draper makes good use of interviews and archival materials, even if the voice-of-God narration and emphasis on detailing the political context sometimes make Olympic Pride feel like an educational film for high school students.
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Playback:stl
Draper's thorough research process yields fascinating details on the lives and careers of the athletes, particularly their early histories as amateur competitors.
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Hollywood Reporter
Rating: 3/4 --
The fearlessly blunt Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is freed from the crowd-pleasing constraints often imposed on the biopic genre.
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RogerEbert.com
Well-conceived and skillfully executed.
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In 1936 when 18 African-American athletes participated in the Berlin Olympic Games, history forgot all except one. This is the story of the other 17.
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