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Return to Mexico City (2009)
TV Movie | 46 min | Documentary

Return to Mexico City (2009)

TV Movie | 46 min | Documentary

In the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, USA medal winners Tommy Smith and John Carlos stood on the victory podium in silent protest during the national Anthem. Each bowed their head and raised a gloved fist in support of oppressed people ...See moreIn the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, USA medal winners Tommy Smith and John Carlos stood on the victory podium in silent protest during the national Anthem. Each bowed their head and raised a gloved fist in support of oppressed people around the world. This led to their ejection from the US Track and Field team and years of fighting prejudice by those who misunderstood the act to be anti-American. Forty years later to the day of that event, Smith and Carlos returned to Mexico City and the Olympic Stadium. This documentary remembers the heartache both men and their families have endured. The film culminates with both men being reunited in the Olympic stadium and facing their emotional place in history. Written by Steve Denny See less

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Neil Amdur Self Self See fewer	SEC Storied (2011)
Ralph Boston Self Self See fewer	Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Tom Brokaw Self Self See fewer	NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970)
Charlene Carlos Self Self See fewer	Return to Mexico City (2009)
John Carlos Self - Olympic Athlete Self - Olympic Athlete See fewer	Swagger (2021)
Kimme Carlos Self Self See fewer	Two Trentons (2019)
Lee Evans Self Self See fewer	Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999)
Dick Fosbury Self Self See fewer	Salute (2008)
Lloyd La Cuesta Self Self See fewer	Return to Mexico City (2009)
Robert Lipsyte Self Self See fewer	That's the Way of the World (1975)
Salvador Martinez De la Roca Self Self See fewer	Return to Mexico City (2009)
Bob Paul Self Self See fewer	The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (2005)
Delois Smith Self Self See fewer	With Drawn Arms (2020)
Tommie Smith Self - Olympic Athlete Self - Olympic Athlete See fewer	Because They Believed
Kiefer Sutherland Narrator Narrator See fewer	24 (2001)
Wyomia Tyus Self Self See fewer	16 Days of Glory (1985)
Cornel West Self Self See fewer	The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Gladys Smith Wheeler Self Self See fewer	Return to Mexico City (2009)
Ethel Williams Self Self See fewer	Return to Mexico City (2009)