and John Carlos standing with arms raised on the podium of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, during the medal presentation for the 200-meter dash. Not that he saw “the salute” live; he wasn’t yet born. But that’s how iconic the image of the two track-and-field stars had become. As an artist and the co-director of “” — streaming now — Kaino took that memory, sought Smith out and began a collaboration that led to a 2018 art exhibit and to this moving and relevant documentary.
Only some were not having it. It’s startling — wounding, even — to hear the boos that rained down as the two medalists walked off the field on Oct. 17, 1968. In the months leading up to the games, the Black athlete-led Olympic Project for Human Rights had been tussling with a boycott. The competitors had been warned by the International Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic committee that there were to be no political protests.
Kaino and co-director Afshin Shahidi do a rich job of capturing not only that moment but also what led up to it, and what was its punishing aftermath — all of which would make it an impactful double-bill with “,” about a similar gesture by Oz football star Adam Goodes. The film also documents Kaino’s quest to represent the act, to reclaim and reframe its force in art. In 2018, the “With Drawn Arms” exhibition opened at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
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