The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World (2020)
69 min
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.
- Release date
- August 4, 2020
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Ralph Boston as Self
- John Carlos as Self
- Harry Edwards as Self
- Tom Farrell as Self
- Francoise Hamlin as Self
- Paul Hoffman as Self
- Richard Lapchick as Self
- Cleve Livingston as Self
- Brian Meeks as Self
- Mel Pender as Self
Crew
- Tom Ratcliffe · Director
- Tom Ratcliffe · Writer
- Michael King · Producer
- Tom Ratcliffe · Producer
- Becky Paige · Editor