Jim Brown

As a football player, he broke through defense lines as if they weren't there. As an actor, he broke through color barriers to become a black action hero. As an activist, he broke down closed doors to bring about change.

In a movie produced and directed by acclaimed film director Spike Lee, Jim Brown, joined by many of his friends and associates, speaks openly about his life and career, times of fame and fortune and times of trial and trouble.

Born to become a sports phenomenon, Jim Brown brought a steely passion and resilience to the game. His acting career in such movies as "100 Rifles" and "The Dirty Dozen," revolutionized the image of black actors on film. As a political activist, he strove to create a dialogue for change in the turbulent 1960s, creating the Negro Industrial & Economic Union, and in the late 1980s forming "Amer-I-can" to reach out to young gang members and the growing prison population. 

For over 40 years, he has been playing the game and winning on the field, on the screen and in the world, teaching all Americans whay it means to be All-American.