With Drawn Arms

Name: With Drawn Arms
Director: Glenn Kaino
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-11-02
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Tommie Smith, Megan Rapinoe, Jesse Williams, Jemele Hill, John Lewis

Directed by Glenn Kaino

Documentary

20201h 23m5.4

Overview

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 as the U.S. national anthem played, raising their fists in a symbol of black struggle and solidarity.