FILM REVIEW - Salute

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This award-winning film recounts the role of a white man in a defining moment of the American civil rights movement: the 1968 Black Power Salute.

When Tommie Smith & John Carlos raised their fists on the victory dais following the Olympic 200 metre final in Mexico City the repercussions were immediate. They were banished from the US olympic team and were subject to abuse and death threats on their return home. The third man on the dais had a similar experience, Australian silver medalist Peter
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Santa Cruz Film Festival Sydney Film Festival Rhode Island Film Festival Vladivosock