Stephan James Is Olympian Jesse Owens In RACE Movie Teaser

In 1936, Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympic Games. His long jump world record stood for 25 years.

Now comes the new film RACE.

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.

Check out this preview for the upcoming film and watch the full-length trailer over on Yahoo! Movies on Wednesday, October 14th at 10AM pst.

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. It was the African-American participants who helped cement America’s success at the Olympic Games. In all, the United States won 11 gold medals, six of them by black athletes.

Directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, the film stars Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, Carice van Houten, Shanice Banton and William Hurt.

RACE releases nationwide from Focus Features on February 19, 2016.

Visit the film’s Official Site