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Tommie Smith

Tommie Smith

Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944) is an American former track & field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken legally.

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Movies Starring Tommie Smith (11)

Because They Believed (2024)

Documentary containing interviews of athletic trailblazers that were the first to break through racial barriers to participate in professional sports. ...

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Stand (2023)

Raw and unflinching examination of the courageous life of basketball star and social justice activist Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Born Chris Jackson, he overcame tremendous adversity to reach the NBA and found his true calling when he converted to Islam. His decis ...

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Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022)

Follow Willie Mays' life both on and off the field over five decades as he navigated the American sports landscape and the country's ever-evolving cultural backdrop, all while helping to define what it means to be one of America's first Black sports supers ...

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Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL (2022)

Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and other Black NFL players took a knee. ...

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With Drawn Arms (2020)

The story behind a critical moment in American history, spawning one of most iconic images of protest from the past century. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, the world watched as two American runners, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, took the stage ...

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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 ...

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The Price of Protest (2019)

United States, September 1st, 2016. American football player Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem, protesting police brutality against black people. Part of the population regards the gesture as an unacceptable affront to the flag. Later, he ...

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O.J.: Made in America (2016)

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation. ...

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Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams (2012)

Algerian director Hamid Benamra turns his focus to Mustapha Boutadjine, a charming, mercurial collage artist in Paris whose very work methods embody resistance, and celebrate those who work to liberate others. Boutadjine creates his portraits of Third Wor ...

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Salute (2008)

The black power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico Olympics was an iconic moment in the US civil rights struggle. Far less known is the part in that episode in history played by Peter Norman, the white Australian on the podium who ha ...

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Black Power Salute (2008)

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 ...

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Movies Made By Tommie Smith (1)

Broken Rainbow (1985)

Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona. ...

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