Dateline Productions
Oakland, CA
Jim Thorpe, The World’s Greatest Athlete is a biography of the Native American athlete who became a sports icon in the first half of the 20th century and who used his physical prowess to affirm his American Indian identity in the face of unrelenting efforts to eradicate Native American culture. It is the first documentary film to tell the story of Thorpe’s life outside of his well-known athletic victories. The film uses in-depth interviews with Thorpe’s surviving children, some simple re-creations and images culled from more than 75 archive sources, both stills and motion picture.
Our Non-Licensee Partner(s)
Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT), Lincoln, Nebraska—A private, not-for-profit media arts corporation that re-grants CPB funds to support the creation, promotion, and distribution of educational programs for all media, including public television and public radio, and provides training opportunities to encourage American Indians and Alaska Natives to work in Native public media.