Hitler's Olympics (2016)

In the early 1930s, the International Olympic Committee awarded Germany the honor of hosting the 1936 Olympic Games. This gesture, originally intended to reintegrate a war-torn nation into the global community, soon became a tangled web of morality and propaganda, as the nation underwent a seismic shift under Adolf Hitler's rise to power in 1933. "Hitler's Olympics" chronicles the transformation of an event conceived in the spirit of international brotherhood into a chilling spectacle of nationalistic fervor and supposed Aryan supremacy. With Hitler's reluctant approval, the Nazi regime seized upon the Games as an unprecedented propaganda platform, with the world's eyes focused on Berlin. The grandeur and scale of the 1936 Games held the world in awe, setting traditions that persist in the Olympic ceremonies to this day. Yet, beneath the spectacle and pageantry, the sporting world grappled with a moral quandary - to attend or boycott an event usurped by a regime propagating hatred and division. Amidst this tumultuous backdrop, the narrative captures the legendary triumphs of African-American athlete Jesse Owens. His victories, while failing to completely puncture the inflated claims of Aryan supremacy, served as a stark counterpoint to the Nazi propaganda machine, forever etching his name in Olympic history. "Hitler's Olympics" is a compelling study of a pivotal moment in modern history, examining how a celebration of global unity was twisted into a tool for tyranny, and how the spirit of sportsmanship and human resilience endured amidst the ensuing moral storm.

Hitler's Olympics is a documentary movie featuring Jonathan Kydd and directed by Daniel Kontur.

Hitler's Olympics is currently streaming for free (ad-supported) on Freevee, Kanopy and Tubi TV and it's also available on Magellan TV.