Teaser Trailer for the Jesse Owens Biopic RACE

“In 10.3 seconds, Jesse Owens changed history.”

Focus Features has released a teaser trailer for their Jesse Owens biopic called Race. The movie stars Stephan James as the legendary Olympian and the brief footage centers on Owen running the 100-meter race at the 1936 Berlin Olympics where he won four Olympic gold medals and shut down Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy. I love the story of Owens, and it's about time we got an inspiring movie that told the story of this man. It looks like could be good!

Based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy. “Race” is an enthralling film about courage, determination, tolerance, and friendship, and an inspiring drama about one man’s fight to become an Olympic legend.

The movie was directed by Stephen Hopkins (Predator 2, Blown Away, The Ghost and the Darkness) from a script by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse. Race also stars Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, Carice van Houten, Shanice Banton, and William Hurt.

The movie hits theaters on February 19th, 2016.

Based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.

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