Race

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Call Number: Blu-ray Drama Race
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.
Widescreen.
Bonus materials: The making of Race; Becoming Jesse Owens; The Owens sisters.
Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Eli Goree, Shanice Banton, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, Carice Van Houten, Amanda Crew, David Kross, Tony Curran, Barnaby Metschurat, Glynn E. Turman.
Jesse Owens's quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history launches him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
Blu-ray, 1080p high-definition widescreen (2.35:1) presentation, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Race submitted by pamhockey25 on August 31, 2016, 3:56pm Interesting, historical drama. Well acted. Enjoyable. Recommended!

Compelling submitted by Xris on July 28, 2020, 2:06am I didn't realize that two Jewish athletes were asked not to participate, and they agreed to let Jesse run to beat the Nazis. I also didn't realize that Jesse broke some records right here in Ann Arbor! The best part of this movie is the relationship between Jesse and his coach, who paid his own way to the Olympics to be able to be there for him. The brief part with Luz Long was also an insightful part. Great movie!

Worth a watch submitted by Will O on August 30, 2020, 10:52am A mostly solid biopic that had more good than bad going for it.
Stephan James did a great job at portraying Jesse Owens and brought a lot of depth to what could have been a one note heroic character.
The movie ran a little long and could have used some trimming and there were a few scenes that dragged or didn't add much to the story like the will they or won't they of America participating in the games (we know we did)
I did like how the parallel was drawn between the nazis and what they were doing to the Jews and how America was treating people of color, including Jesse Owens who stated that FDR never acknowledged his accomplishments, not even with a telegram. In the movie Hitler refused to meet Owens when in real life they shoke hands which would have added an interesting juxtaposition of how Owens was treated at home by his own leader, alas that was changed to having Hitler leave the stadium every time the whites lost a race which undermined the comparisons the filmmaker's were trying to make and turned it into a very stark good vs evil narrative after they'd built up nuance in most of the preceding runtime.
It could have done with another draft or two but it was still well made and an important enough testament to a great American that it merits at least one watch.