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Jesse /ˈdʒɛs.iː/,Isai or Yishai (Hebrew: יִשַׁי, Modern Yishay, Tiberian Yīšáy, meaning "God exists" or "God's gift"; Arabic: يَسَّى Yassa; Syriac: ܐܝܫܝ Eshai; Greek: Ἰεσσαί Iessai; Latin: Isai, Jesse) is the father of David, who became the king of the Israelites. His son David is sometimes called simply "Son of Jesse" (Ben Yishai).
Jesse was the son of Obed and the grandson of Ruth and of Boaz. He lived in Bethlehem, in Judah, and was of the Tribe of Judah, he was a farmer, breeder and owner of sheep. He was a prominent resident of the town of Bethlehem. Jesse is important in Judaism because he was the father of the most famous King of Israel. He is important in Christianity, in part because he is in the Old Testament and mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus. Later rabbinic traditions name him as one of four ancient Israelites who died without sin, the other three being Benjamin, Chileab and Amram.
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist.
Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". His achievement of setting three world records and tying another in less than an hour at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan has been called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport" and has never been equaled. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, Owens won international fame with four gold medals: 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and 4 × 100 meter relay. He was the most successful athlete at the games and as such has been credited with "single-handedly crush[ing] Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy."
The Jesse Owens Award is USA Track and Field's highest accolade for the year's best track and field athlete. Owens was ranked by ESPN as the sixth greatest North American athlete of the twentieth century and the highest-ranked in his sport.
Actors: Anthony Mackie (actor), Mike Jefferies (producer), Mike Jefferies (writer), Michael Johnson (miscellaneous crew), Julie Huffman (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, Sport, War,Actors: François Toumarkine (actor), François Berland (actor), Gilles Cohen (actor), Fabrice Coat (producer), Bertrand Burgalat (composer), Tómas Lemarquis (actor), Damien Marchal (actor), Caroline Torlois (actress), Michel Spavone (producer), Daniel Klein (writer), Michel Spavone (writer), Daniel Klein (director), Khady Bouchara (costume designer), Moritz Rogosky (costume designer), Anne Cutaia (editor),
Plot: Spring 1970, Clermont Val d'Oise Psychiatric Hospital, France. Dr Keller, an autocratic and charismatic psychiatrist, much influenced by the heady events of May '68, decides to enlist his patients in a terrorist adventure. Keller entrusts the challenging task of documenting this radical adventure to schizophrenic patient, Jean-Charles Gauthier, who believes he is in fact the German filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl. Gauthier, an eyewitness collaborator, films the group of revolutionaries as each strange and innovative phase of their coup evolves. In less than a fortnight an unstoppable chain reaction of events unfolds in front of Gauthier's lens: firstly, Dr Keller advises his patients to stop taking their medication, next he morphs the patient's afternoon drawing workshop into a political faction meeting, similarly the pottery session is transformed into an explosives master-class, and live firearms are distributed at the Easter Sunday party. The chain of events climaxes when Keller and his co-conspirators (the patients) escape the confines of the hospital with the aim of blowing up President Pompidou's summer residence.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Michel Modo (actor), Van Doude (actor), Renée Soutendijk (actress), Vincent Grass (actor), Patrick Floersheim (actor), Paul Chihara (composer), David Selby (actor), Kristoffer Tabori (actor), Lee Philips (director), Sheldon Pinchuk (producer), Nadia Vasil (actress), Richard Graham (actor), Steve Gadler (actor), Jerry Di Giacomo (actor), Jenny Arasse (actress),
Genres: Biography, Sport,Actors: Michel Legrand (composer), Richard Irving (director), Vic Tayback (actor), James Sikking (actor), Tom Bosley (actor), Ben Vereen (actor), George Kennedy (actor), Barry Corbin (actor), Ronny Cox (actor), LeVar Burton (actor), Norman Fell (actor), Dorian Harewood (actor), Georg Stanford Brown (actor), Robert F. Shugrue (editor), Richard Bracken (editor),
Plot: The life story of Jesse Owens is told in this film. He was a young African-American who would become one of the greatest modern Olympian athletes when he proved Hitler's boast about the "Aryan athletic superiority" wrong by winning four gold medals, setting world records and becoming the star of the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Keywords: 1936-olympics, african-american, athlete, olympics, racism, runner