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In this episode of AJFF In Conversation: The Podcast, filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper joins hosts Sara and Brad for a candid, eye-opening conversation centered around her recent documentary Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, a look at the complex racial politics of the Nazi Games in 1936 Berlin as experienced by African-American athletes. With the backdrop of today’s Black Lives Matter movement, and in light of the coronavirus postponement of the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice takes on added resonance. We’ll discuss the film’s historical context, issues of racial inequality and injustice, as well as Deborah’s filmmaking career and the power of cinema to educate and create change.