73
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranHistory is not neat and tidy, however much we wish it could be, and Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is more than adept at getting to the truth about perhaps the most mythologized event of the modern Olympic movement.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweThe Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweDraper constructs a concisely assembled editorial package that covers the essential historical backstory of the 1936 Games while building drama during the competition and establishing a consistently affecting emotional arc throughout.
- 75RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonRogerEbert.comOdie HendersonOlympic Pride, American Prejudice tackles its subject in a straightforward manner freed from dramatic license and the fear of box office failure.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceRiley doesn't portray this fellowship of black athletes as victims, but as pioneers proving themselves against white supremacy behind enemy lines. And yet this doc also pulls them back down to earth as mere men and women competing against the odds, human to human.
- 70VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanAs a documentary, “Olympic Pride” is a little on the staid side. The film’s writer-producer-director, Deborah Riley Draper, works in a variation on the Ken Burns style.... Yet she does an absorbing job of capturing a historical moment that was even more fraught than it’s generally imagined to be.
- 70The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy Webster[A] deft and comprehensive documentary.