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JESSE OWENS is available on DVD and iTunes!

JESSE OWENS is available on DVD and iTunes! The DVD is available in the US on www.shoppbs.org
It is also available in the U.K. by going to http://www.pbsamerica.co.uk/jesse-owens-2.
You may also purchase the film on iTunes!

About the Film:
Jesse Owens is a Firelight Films production for the PBS series American Experience. The film examines the life and legacy of the African American sprinter, a sharecropper's son, who triumphed over adversity to win four gold medals in the face of Hitler's Aryan nation at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

Jesse Owens is directed, produced and written by the team behind the multiple Emmy Award-winning documentary Freedom Riders. The film is directed and produced by Laurens Grant, and produced and written By Stanley Nelson. If you haven't seen it, check out our recent update from Laurens Grant. Jesse Owens aired on American Experience on May 1, 2012. To learn more about the inspiring film Jesse Owens, go to: http://firelightmedia.tv/project/jesse-owens/.

COVERAGE:

The New York Times calls the film Jesse Owens "smooth and handsome"; "brisk and entertaining"

Check out the video interview with Director Laurens Grant for Sky TV entitled: "It's the Perfect Story."

Listen to Director Laurens Grant on WNYC's Leonard Lopate show

Variety calls Jesse Owens "terrific"

American Experience Behind the Scenes video interview with series Executive Producer, Mark Samels, and Director, Laurens Grant.

"Invigorating" says the LA Times

"As much as Jesse Owens celebrates the man’s considerable achievements, it also honors his dignity in the face of oppression and cruelty. It shows how he fought the wind, with courage and strength." Pop Matters

Check out Firelight's interview with Director Laurens Grant.