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‘With Drawn Arms’ Team On The Raised Fist That Stunned The Olympics And America – Deadline Virtual Screening Series

It's the most famous symbolic protest in all of sport, and one of the most potent in American history. In October 1968, U.S. sprinter Tommie Smith took the podium after winning the gold medal in the 200-meter dash at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City. As the national anthem began to play, Smith and his teammate…

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‘With Drawn Arms’, The Tommie Smith Documentary, Lands At Starz And A Gets Premiere Date

Starz said Monday that it has acquired rights to With Drawn Arms, the documentary about Olympian Tommie Smith who reflects on his iconic fist-thrust silent protest on the medal stand during the national anthem at the 1968 Summer Games. The cable network has set a premiere date for November 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, when it…

Tommie Smith’s ‘With Drawn Arms’ To Open Hybrid Hamptons Film Festival

The Hamptons Film Festival will open its virtual and drive-in edition with the world premiere of With Drawn Arms, the documentary about the legacy of Olympian Tommie Smith's fist-raising moment at the 1968 Olympics. The film will also be awarded HIFF’s Film of Conflict & Resolution Award, given to a project that deals…

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Defined By 1968 Olympics Silent Podium Protest Whose Message Is Now Crystal Clear, Tommie Smith Is Poised To Stand Atop New Platform As ‘With Drawn Arms’ Docu Is Shopped To Distributors

EXCLUSIVE: It took almost four years — and the death of George Floyd and ensuing protests — for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to acknowledge how badly football fumbled a chance to support the concerns of its players of color over police brutality, poverty and economic disparity in America, when QB Colin Kaepernick…