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  • Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999)
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    59 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999)
Unrated
59 min | Documentary, History, Sport

Documentary leading up to, during and after the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Features interviews with athletes, including John Carlos, Tommie Smith and George Foreman, activist Dr. Harry Edwards, journalists and archival ...See moreDocumentary leading up to, during and after the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Features interviews with athletes, including John Carlos, Tommie Smith and George Foreman, activist Dr. Harry Edwards, journalists and archival footage of the Games and the fallout after the raised fisted gloves by Carlos and Smith. Written by Mike Tuggle See less
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Aug 12, 1999 (United States)

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Avery Brundage
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John Carlos
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Dick Fosbury
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Bob Hayes
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Jim Hines
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Rafer Johnson
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Payton Jordan
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Martin Luther King
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Jim McKay
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Steven Millner
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Ken Noel
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Al Oerter
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Jesse Owens
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Jackie Robinson
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Liev Schreiber
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Wyomia Tyus
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Bud Winter
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