Reworking dialogue. Tearing up entire scenes. Nothing was off the table.
The daughters of Olympic legend Jesse Owens, all
retired and living in Chicago, delight in the fact that their input was
so instrumental in shaping the narrative of "Race." The biopic is the
first feature film focused on the track and field icon.
"We have worked cooperatively together for 5
years," says Marlene Owens Rankin, a 76-year-old retired social worker
and grandmother of two. "So it's just so exciting to see such a
wonderful finished product from this collaboration."
Owens is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th
Century. He won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,
single-handedly refuting infamous Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's mythology
of "Aryan" racial supremacy. Nearly a century later, he is still
remembered around the globe for the feat.
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Source: NBC News
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