Black Power Salute

  • Movie
  • 2008
  • 59m
  • Documentary
  • TV Movie

A film about one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, the moment when the radical spirit of the 1960s upstaged the greatest sporting event in the world. Two men made a courageous gesture that reverberated around the world, and changed their lives forever. This film is about Tommie Smith and John Carlos' protest at the 1968 Olympics.

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Director
Geoff Small
Starring
Colin Salmon, Edwin Moses, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Delroy Lindo

Cast

  • Colin Salmon

    Colin Salmon

    Narrator (voice)

  • Edwin Moses

    Self - 400m Hurdles; Olympic Gold 1976, 1984

  • Kwame Kwei-Armah

    Kwame Kwei-Armah

    Self

  • Delroy Lindo

    Delroy Lindo

    Self

  • Steven Millner

    Self - Professor, San Jose State University

  • Harry Edwards

    Harry Edwards

    Self - Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley

  • Lee Evans

    Self - 400m, 4 × 400m Relay; Olympic Gold 1968

  • Tommie Smith

    Tommie Smith

    Self - 200m; Olympic Gold 1968

  • Art Simburg

    Self - Former San Jose State student

  • Lynda Huey

    Self - Former San Jose State sprinter and student

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