The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World (2020)

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.

Producers	Kimbia Athletics
Original title	The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World
Directors	Becky Paige, Tom Ratcliffe
Writers	Tom Ratcliffe

Cast

Tommie Smith

as Self

Harry Edwards

as Self

Ralph Boston

as Self

Mel Pender

as Self

Paul Hoffman

as Self

Cleve Livingston

as Self

Patty VanWolvelaere

as Self

Edwin Roberts

as Self

Larry Quested

as Self

Tom Farrell

as Self

Richard Lapchick

as Self

Brian Meeks

as Self

Francoise Hamlin

as Self