The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World (Movie)

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.

Stream:

Buy:

Rent:

1. 1968 (2018) (Movie) (3)
   

   Harry Edwards...Himself

   Tommie Smith...Himself (archive footage)

   John Carlos...Himself (archive footage)
2. Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999) (Movie) (3)
   Ralph Boston...Self

   John Carlos...Self (archive footage)

   

   Harry Edwards...Self
3. Salute (2008) (Movie) (2)
   Tommie Smith...Himself

   

   Harry Edwards...Himself
4. With Drawn Arms (2020) (Movie) (2)
   Tommie Smith...himself

   John Carlos...himself (archival footage)