LeBron James to Produce Three History Channel Docs Including ‘Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics’ (EXCLUSIVE)
04.03.2024 - 17:27
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Selome Hailu The History Channel has expanded its partnership with the SpringHill Company, the production company founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, by ordering three new documentary projects. The first title is “Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics” (working title), which will tell the story of the the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, which was shadowed by Hitler’s white supremacist agenda, when Black track and field athlete Jesse Owens made history by winning four gold medals.
Directed by Andre Gaines and narrated by Don Cheadle, the two-hour documentary will feature archival footage, animation and interviews with journalists, historians and Owens daughters as well as athletes including Carl Lewis, Noah Lyles, Erriyon Knighton, and Christian Coleman, among others. “Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics” is produced for the History Channel by Uninterrupted and Cinemation Studios in association with GroupM Motion Entertainment.
Executive producers include James, Carter, Jamal Henderson and Philip Byron for Uninterrupted; Gaines; Cheadle; Richard Foster and Chet Fenster for GroupM Motion; and Eli Lehrer and Jennifer Wagman for the History Channel. Courtney Whitaker and Matt Rissmiller co-executive produce for Uninterrupted and Ryan Lohuis produces for Cinemation Studios.
The second project is “Jim Thorpe” (working title), centered on the baseball, football and basketball player who became the first Native American Olympic gold medalist. The documentary is directed by Chris Eyre and produced for the History Channel by Uninterrupted in association with INE Entertainment, Five All in the Fifth and GroupM Motion.
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