At the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games the enduring image was Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the African American athletes raising their gloved clenched fists in support of the Black Panther movement during the Star Spangled Banner, they were subsequently banned from the Games for life. This film looks at what inspired them to make their protest, and what happened to them after the Games
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RLSDATE...........................: 28/08/2008
AIRDATE...........................: 27/08/2008
GENRE.............................: Documentary
LANGUAGE..........................: English
SOURCE............................: DVB-T
FORMAT............................: XViD 2 pass
AUDIO.............................: 128 VBR MP3
VIDEO.............................: 640X352 @ 25fps
SIZE..............................: x15mb
P L O T
At the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games the enduring
image was Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the African
American athletes raising their gloved clenched fists
in support of the Black Panther movement during the
Star Spangled Banner, they were subsequently banned
from the Games for life. This film looks at what
inspired them to make their protest, and what happened
to them after the Games