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Name: Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
Director: Ouisie Shapiro
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-09-19
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Cast: Joe Louis, Joe Louis Barrow Jr., Dick Gregory, Jack Johnson, Liev Schreiber

Movie 1h 15m

Documentary

Streaming Date 23 Feb 2008 Movie

About Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed Movie

Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed, released in 2008, is a Documentary Movie from director Ouisie Shapiro. Featuring Joe Louis Barrow Jr., Jack Johnson, Liev Schreiber. Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed Movie Streaming Watch Online. An American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial consciousness: his difficulty getting big fights early in his career, the pride of African-Americans in his prowess, the shift of White sentiment toward Louis as Hitler came to power, Louis's patriotism during World War II, and the hounding of Louis by the IRS for the following 15 years. In his last years, he's a casino greeter, a drug user, and the occasional object of scorn for young Turks like Muhammad Ali. Appreciative comment comes from boxing scholars, Louis's son Joe Jr., friends, and icons like Maya Angelou, Dick Gregory, and Bill Cosby.