The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World
Film - 2020
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The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World it's a movie with Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Harry Edwards, Ralph Boston, Mel Pender Full cast. Directed by Tom Ratcliffe, Becky Paige. Original title The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World, runtime 69 minutes. Genre Documentary.
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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.