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Salute The Premiere 

Tonight sees the Melbourne premiere of Matt Norman's sensational documentary "Salute - The Peter Norman Story".

The film tells the story of Peter Norman and his remarkable race in the final of the 200m sprint at the Mexico Olympics in 1968.  Peter's incredible performance for a silver medal finish has been long been over shadowed by the events that took place on the victory dais during the medal ceremony for his event - a moment in Olympic and World history that would forever be remembered.

Matt has done a brilliant job honouring his uncle, for his performance and involvement in the black power salute, as well as informing us about the stories and background leading up to this momentous event.

Marty was honoured to have been involved in shooting a number of the Australian based interviews - including what turned out to be Peter's final interview for the documentary before his untimely death last year.

Salute will premiere tonight, and go on general release in Australia from the 17th of July, as well as receiving a general release in the USA at a date to be advised.

Congratulations to Matt for his hard work and determination to get this story told. Congratulations also to Producer David Redman from Instinct Entertainment, and Transmission Films for his wonderful work in getting everything together on this project.

Marty urges everyone interested human and civil rights to check out the film.