Stand

What Do You STAND For?

Stand — Plot

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.

• Release date
• May 25, 2009
• Runtime
• 122 min
• Director
• Tavis Smiley

Stand — Cast

Tavis Smiley Self Dick Gregory Self Michael Eric Dyson Self Cornel West Self

C

Cliff West Self

E

Eddie S. Glaude Self (as Dr. Eddie S. Glaude) Isaac Hayes Self Martin Luther King Jr. Self (archive footage)