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The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World (2020)

NR · 2020-08-04 · 1h 9m · EN
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It is one of the most iconic images of our time: two African-American medal winners at the 1968 Olympics standing in silent protest with heads bowed and fists raised as “The Star Spangled Banner” is played. This documentary film is a revealing exploration into the circumstances that led runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos to that historic moment at the Mexico City Games, mining the great personal risks they took and the subsequent fallout they endured.

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Tom RatcliffeDirector, WriterBecky PaigeDirector

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Tommie SmithTommie SmithSelfJohn CarlosJohn CarlosSelfJohn CarlosJohn CarlosSelfHarry EdwardsHarry EdwardsSelfRalph BostonRalph BostonSelfMel PenderMel PenderSelfPaul HoffmanPaul HoffmanSelfCleve LivingstonCleve LivingstonSelfPatty VanWolvelaerePatty VanWolvelaereSelfEdwin RobertsEdwin RobertsSelfLarry QuestedLarry QuestedSelfTom FarrellTom FarrellSelf

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It is one of the most iconic images of our time: two African-American medal winners at the 1968 Olympics standing in silent protest with heads bowed and fists raised as “The Star Spangled Banner” is played. This documentary film is a revealing exploration into the circumstances that led runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos to that historic moment at the Mexico City Games, mining the great personal risks they took and the subsequent fallout they endured.

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