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==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- style="white-space: nowrap;" !Year !Title !Ref. |- |1936 |''Berlin 1936: Games of the XI Olympiad'' |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0397129/?ref_=nm_knf_t_3 |title=Berlin 1936: Games of the XI Olympiad (TV Mini Series 1936β ) β 7.6 {{!}} Sport |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref> |- |1938 |[[Olympia (1938 film)|''Olympia'']] |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0030522/?ref_=ttfc_ov_bk |title=Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938) β 7.7 {{!}} Documentary, Sport |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref> |- |1948 |''Kings of the Olympics'' |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6241056/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1 |title=Kings of the Olympics (1948) {{!}} Documentary, Sport |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref> |- |1948 |''Olympic Cavalcade'' |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6241040/?ref_=nm_knf_t_4 |title=Olympic Cavalcade (1948) β 6.2 {{!}} Documentary, Sport |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref> |- |1964 |''[[Valentine's Day (TV series)|Valentine's Day]]: All Through the Night'' |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1363337/?ref_=ttfc_fcr_epp_sm_1 |title="Valentine's Day" All Through the Night (TV Episode 1964) {{!}} Comedy |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref> |- |1966 |''Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin'' |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0241599/ |title=Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin (TV Movie 1966) β 7.6 {{!}} Documentary, Biography, Sport |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref> |- |1984 |''[[The Jesse Owens Story]]''{{efn|A [[Primetime Emmy Award]]-winning [[biographical film]] with [[Dorian Harewood]] portraying Owens.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1984/0709/070908.html|title='The Jesse Owens Story': TV tells of a black star in a white world|last=Unger|first=Arthur|date=July 9, 1984|work=The Christian Science Monitor|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/jesse-owens-story|title=The Jesse Owens Story|website=Television Academy|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref>}} |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0087501/ |title=The Jesse Owens Story (TV Movie 1984) β 7.1 {{!}} Biography, Drama, History |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref> |- |2012 |''[[Jesse Owens (American Experience)]]'' |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2122879/?ref_=ttfc_ov_bk |title="American Experience" Jesse Owens (TV Episode 2012) β 7.6 {{!}} Documentary, Biography, History |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Owens {{!}} American Experience {{!}} PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/owens/#part01 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.pbs.org |language=en}}</ref> |- |2016 |[[Race (2016 film)|''Race'']]{{efn|[[Stephan James (actor)|Stephan James]] portrays Owens.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/race-film-review-861062|title='Race': Film Review|last=Linden|first=Sheri|date=February 18, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wtop.com/entertainment/2016/02/race-recounts-the-time-jesse-owens-left-hitler-in-the-dust/|title='Race' recounts the time Jesse Owens left Hitler in the dust|last=Fraley|first=Jason|date=February 19, 2016|work=wtop|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref>}} |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3499096/ |title=Race (2016) β 7.1 {{!}} Biography, Drama, Sport |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref> |- |2016 |''[[Olympic Pride, American Prejudice]]'' |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5068938/ |title=Olympic Pride, American Prejudice (2016) β 7.3 {{!}} Documentary, History |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref> |- |2021 |''Capturing Black Lightning: Jesse Owens'' |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt15358420/ |title=Capturing Black Lightning: Jesse Owens (TV Special 2021) {{!}} Documentary, Sport |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=O980CwjvLww |title=Capturing Black Lightning: Jesse Owens |date=2021-08-24 |last=Amnesty Sports |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> |- |2022 |''Olympic Oaks: Continuing Jesse Owens' Legacy'' |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt28354069/ |title=Olympic Oaks: Continuing Jesse Owens' Legacy (Short 2022) {{!}} Short |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-14 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympic Oaks, Continuing Jesse Owens' Legacy |url=https://www.clevelandfilm.org/films/olympic-oaks-continuing-jesse-owens-legacy |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=www.clevelandfilm.org}}</ref> |- |2024 |''Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics'' |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt31557304/ |title=Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics (2024) β 7.8 {{!}} Documentary |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=m.imdb.com}}</ref> |} ===Other=== *2017: In the [[Jordan Peele]]-directed film ''[[Get Out]]'', Roman Armitage, the villainous patriarch, lost the qualification round for the 1936 Olympics to Owens, instigating his neurosurgical research and theft of young black men via brain transplant.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2017/03/get-out-discussion/|title=We Really Need to Talk About That Get Out Ending|last1=Rubin|first1=Kelly|last2=Rubin|first2=Peter|date=March 1, 2017|magazine=Wired|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/24/14724404/jordan-peele-get-out-movie-review-race-horror-film|title=Get Out review: a ruthlessly smart racial send-up that's also terrifying|last=Robinson|first=Tasha|date=February 24, 2017|work=The Verge|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jordan-peeles-thriller-get-release-935086|title=Jordan Peele's Thriller 'Get Out' Gets Release Date, Trailer|last=Galuppo|first=Mia|date=October 4, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref> *2019: In ''[[Jojo Rabbit]]'', directed by [[Taika Waititi]], an incarnation of [[Adolf Hitler]] humorously refers to the character Elsa as "a little female Jewish Jesse Owens".<ref>{{Citation|title=Jojo Rabbit (2019) |publisher=IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2584384/characters/nm0169806|access-date=November 28, 2021}}</ref> *2023: In [[The Boys in the Boat (film)|The Boys in the Boat]], Jyuddah Jaymes portrays Owens in a cameo as the [[University of Washington]] [[Eight (rowing)|Eight rowing]] team enters the stadium with the United States Olympic team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Press β’ |first=Eddie Pells {{!}} The Associated |date=December 25, 2023 |title='The Boys in the Boat' gives the Hollywood treatment to rowing during an Olympic year |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/the-boys-in-the-boat-gives-the-hollywood-treatment-to-rowing-during-an-olympic-year/3729609/ |access-date=December 25, 2023 |website=NBC10 Philadelphia |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 24, 2023 |title=The Boys in the Boat Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856080/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225040804/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856080/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm |archive-date=December 25, 2023 |access-date=December 24, 2023 |website=IMDB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowry |first=Brian |date=December 24, 2023 |title='The Boys in the Boat' gets stuck in the shallow end of the sports-movie pool |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/24/entertainment/boys-in-the-boat-review-george-clooney/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225040918/https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/24/entertainment/boys-in-the-boat-review-george-clooney/index.html |archive-date=December 25, 2023 |access-date=December 25, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
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