The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World

Plot

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.

Cast

Tommie Smith

Self

John Carlos

Self

Harry Edwards

Self

Ralph Boston

Self

Mel Pender

Self

Paul Hoffman

Self

Cleve Livingston

Self

Patty VanWolvelaere

Self

Edwin Roberts

Self

Larry Quested

Self

Tom Farrell

Self

Richard Lapchick

Self

Brian Meeks

Self

Francoise Hamlin

Self