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Berkeley in the sixties, Kitchell Films in association with P.O.V. Theatrical Films ; produced and directed by Mark Kitchell ; written by Stephen Most, Mark Kitchell, Susan Griffin

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Berkeley in the sixties

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Kitchell Films in association with P.O.V. Theatrical Films ; produced and directed by Mark Kitchell ; written by Stephen Most, Mark Kitchell, Susan Griffin

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Through interviews with participants and archival footage, presents a history of Berkeley, California in the 1960s. Chronicles student participation in protest movements at the University of California, Berkeley, from the 1960 demonstration against the House Un-American Activities Committee in San Francisco to the 1969 People's Park confrontation. This film captures the decades events, the birth of the Free Speech Movement, civil rights marches, anti-Vietnam War protests, the counter-culture, the women's movement, and the rise of the Black Panthers. Dramatic archival footage interwoven with present-day interviews and 18 songs from the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, The Band, and the Jefferson Airplane

pt. 1. Confronting the university: the free speech movement (42 min.) -- pt. 2. Confronting America : the anti-war movement (32 min.) -- pt. 3. Confronting history: the counter-culture movement (45 min.)

live action

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