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The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World

Film

The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World

4.0

1h 9m

2020

Synopsis

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.

Director

Tom Ratcliffe

Becky Paige

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Tommie Smith

Tommie Smith

as Self

John Carlos

John Carlos

as Self

Harry Edwards

Harry Edwards

as Self

Ralph Boston

as Self

Mel Pender

as Self

Paul Hoffman

as Self

Cleve Livingston

as Self

Patty VanWolvelaere

as Self

Edwin Roberts

as Self

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