Triumph: Jesse Owens And The Berlin Olympics

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The HISTORY(R) Channel will premiere the new two-hour documentary "Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics" executive produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter's award-winning athlete storytelling brand UNINTERRUPTED and Cinemation Studios in association with GroupM Motion Entertainment on Wednesday, June 19 at 8pm ET/PT. Narrated by Grammy(R) award-winning actor Don Cheadle ("Carry On") and directed by two-time Emmy(R) nominated director Andre Gaines ("After Jackie"), the documentary will showcase Jesse Owens' historic triumph over Nazi Germany during the 1936 Berlin Olympics. "Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics" marks the first project to air of a three-part development deal between the network and The SpringHill Company (TSHC) that will prioritize largely unknown historical stories that put diverse changemakers at the forefront of each narrative.

Full press release http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/05/14/the-history-channel-honors-juneteenth-with-premiere-of-new-documentary-triumph-jesse-owens-and-the-berlin-olympics-narrated-by-grammy-award-winning-actor-don-cheadle-on-wednesday-june-19-at-8pm-et-pt-620213/20240514history01/