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Black Power Salute

Release Year
2008
Runtime
59m
Genres
Documentary
TV Movie
Directed By
Geoff Small
Black Power Salute

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.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Edwin Moses

Self - 400m Hurdles; Olympic Gold 1976, 1984

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Self

Steven Millner

Self - Professor, San Jose State University

Harry Edwards

Self - Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley

Lee Evans

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

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

Muhammad Ali

Self (archive footage)

Avery Brundage

Self (archive footage)

Dave Zirin

Sports journalist and commentator

Douglas Hartmann

Self - Associate Professor, University of Minnesota

Crew

Geoff Small

Director

Ian Watts

Director of Photography

Adam Richardson

Editor

Natasha Dack Ojumu

Producer

Dan Coles

Colorist

Richard Cradick

Online Editor

Kath Pollard

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Battsek

Executive Producer

Richard Klein

Executive Producer

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