1968 is the year sport made its revolutionary mark, encapsulated in one of the most famous pictures of the 20th Century – Tommie Smith and John Carlos standing on the Olympic podium after the men’s 200 meter sprint, listening to the American national anthem with their medals round their necks: heads bent, fists clenched, black gloves.
Outside the track, the rest of the world: the May 68 protests in France, Vietnam, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy.
Half a century later this documentary reconstructs those revolutionary games and tells the story about how they changed political awareness towards sport, as well as its technical and technological development.
Directed by Emanuela Audisio and Matteo Patrono
Produced by 3D Produzioni
Year: 2018
Runtime: 52′