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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Tavis SmileySelf
Dick GregorySelf
Michael Eric Dyson
Cornel WestSelf
Isaac HayesSelf
Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)
Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)Explore the crew
- Director
- Tavis Smiley
- Writer
- Tavis Smiley
- Writer
- Adriane Hopper
- Director of Photography
- Jacek Laskus
- Editor
- Stacy Goldate
- Original Music Composer
- Nolan Williams Jr.
- Original Music Composer
- Rob Ellis
- Producer
- Sasheen Artis