SALUTE opens July 17
July 8th 2008 02:19
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SALUTE season commences July 17
SALUTE
92m
season commences July 17 website
Behind one of the most iconic images of the last century is the incredible true story of an unsung Aussie hero which has been brought to the big screen in SALUTE. Ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, police and military shot student demonstrators in what became known as the Tlatelolco Massacre. This was the local context in which Australian 200m silver-medalist Peter Norman would take to the podium wearing a badge in support of the Human Rights movement. When the American anthem played, Gold and Bronze medalists John Carlos and Tommie Smith would famously deliver the Black Power salute. The image of the three athletes would become one of the most iconic in a year of global unrest, and would change the course of each man's life.
92m
season commences July 17 website
Behind one of the most iconic images of the last century is the incredible true story of an unsung Aussie hero which has been brought to the big screen in SALUTE. Ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, police and military shot student demonstrators in what became known as the Tlatelolco Massacre. This was the local context in which Australian 200m silver-medalist Peter Norman would take to the podium wearing a badge in support of the Human Rights movement. When the American anthem played, Gold and Bronze medalists John Carlos and Tommie Smith would famously deliver the Black Power salute. The image of the three athletes would become one of the most iconic in a year of global unrest, and would change the course of each man's life.
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