Stephan James as Jesse Owens (Phot by Thibault Grabherr – Courtesy of Focus Features)
‘On the track, there is no black and white. Only fast and slow.’ That’s Jesse Owens talking about prejudice.
Owens went to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and tore a few pages from the record books – making Adolf Hitler’s perfect Aryan race look very imperfect.
Race is the story of how he did that. It opens on February 19th. Take a look behind the scenes in three new videos from Focus Features following the break.