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SALUTE |
| Director: |
Matt Norman |
| Cast: |
Peter Norman
Tommie Smith
John Carlos |
| Writer: |
Matt Norman |
| Producer(s): |
David Redman & Matt Norman |
| Origination: |
Australia |
| Genre: |
DocuFeature |
| Status: |
Completed |
| Distribution Deal: |
Paramount Australia |
| Sales Agent: |
Instinct Eden Rock International and In The Arts (Europe and Japan) |
| Links: |
Movie Trailer - You will require Quick Time for this link |
| Press Review: |
Reviewed 8th June, 2008 |
| Reviewed 21st June, 2008 - The Australian |
| SYNOPSIS |
There has never been a convenient time to protest against injustice. This feature length
documentary follows Peter Norman’s involvement in the black power salute at the 1968
Olympics. This salute is one of the most famous images of the 20th Century. Peter Norman
was the silver medallist in the 200m final and part of the iconic silent protest of Tommie
Smith and John Carlos. Peter was not simply an unaware bystander to this famous moment
in history but an active supporter, not just of the events of the day but of the sentiment
behind it. Salute documents for the first time the role a white man from Australia had in an
important symbolic moment in the American Civil Rights Movement.
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