Stand Backdrop Blur
Stand Poster

Stand

"What Do You STAND For?"

Broadcast journalist Tavis Smiley hits the road in 2008 with friends Cornel West, BeBe Winans and other prominent African Americans to explore the contemporary experiences of black men and to ask them: "What do you stand for?" Set against Barack Obama's rise to presidential power, Smiley and his fellow travelers offer diverse perspectives on African Americans' soul music, historic struggle for equality, current race relations and more.

Top Cast

  • Tavis Smiley

    Tavis Smiley

    Self

  • Dick Gregory

    Dick Gregory

    Self

  • Michael Eric Dyson

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Self

  • Cornel West

    Cornel West

    Self

  • Cliff West

    Cliff West

    Self

  • Eddie S. Glaude

    Eddie S. Glaude

    Self (as Dr. Eddie S. Glaude)

  • Isaac Hayes

    Isaac Hayes

    Self

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    Self (archive footage)

  • Barack Obama

    Barack Obama

    Self (archive footage)

Overview

Broadcast journalist Tavis Smiley hits the road in 2008 with friends Cornel West, BeBe Winans and other prominent African Americans to explore the contemporary experiences of black men and to ask them: "What do you stand for?" Set against Barack Obama's rise to presidential power, Smiley and his fellow travelers offer diverse perspectives on African Americans' soul music, historic struggle for equality, current race relations and more.

Rating

NR / 10
0 Reviews
0 Popular

Recommendations

Tongues Untied

Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs telling the story of his growing up, scenes of men in social intercourse and dance, and various comic riffs, including a visit to the "Institute of Snap!thology," where men take lessons in how to snap their fingers: the sling snap, the point snap, the diva snap.

Tongues Untied

6.6 1990