The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World

2020 · 69 min · DocumentaryNR

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.

Directors: Tom Ratcliffe, Becky Paige
Writer: Tom Ratcliffe
Released: August 4, 2020
Language: English

Cast

Tommie Smith
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John Carlos
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Harry Edwards
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Ralph Boston
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Mel Pender
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Paul Hoffman
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Cleve Livingston
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Patty VanWolvelaere
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Edwin Roberts
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Larry Quested
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Tom Farrell
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Richard Lapchick
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