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Berkeley in the Sixties (1990) -- A documentary about militant student political activity in the University of California-Berkely in the 1960's.
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Director:
Mark Kitchell
Writers:
Susan Griffin (writer)
Mark Kitchell (writer)
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Release Date:
26 March 1992 (Germany) more
Genre:
Documentary | History | Music more
Tagline:
The untold story of students in the 60s
Plot:
A documentary about militant student political activity in the University of California-Berkely in the 1960's. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Fabric of '60s Counterculture Politics : Weaving the Threads via Berkeley more (12 total)

Cast

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Jentri Anders ... Herself
Joan Baez ... Herself (archive footage)
Frank Bardacke ... Himself (also archive footage)
Stokely Carmichael ... Himself (archive footage)
John De Bonis ... Himself (archive footage)
Hardy Frye ... Himself
John Gage ... Himself
Allen Ginsberg ... Himself (archive footage)
Todd Gitlin ... Himself
Jackie Goldberg ... Herself (also archive footage)
The Grateful Dead ... Themselves (archive footage)
Susan Griffin ... Herself / Narrator
David Hilliard ... Himself
Lyndon Johnson ... Himself (archive footage)
Clark Kerr ... Himself (archive footage) (as Dr. Clark Kerr)

Martin Luther King ... Himself (archive footage)
Barry Melton ... Himself
Mike Miller ... Himself

Robert Mitchum ... Himself (archive footage)
Suzy Nelson ... Herself
Huey P. Newton ... Himself (archive footage)
Phil Ochs ... Himself (archive footage)
Paul Potter ... Himself (voice) (archive footage)
Max Rafferty ... Himself (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan ... Himself (archive footage)
James Rector ... Himself (archive footage)
Ruth Rosen ... Herself
Michael Rossman ... Himself (also archive footage)
Mario Savio ... Himself
Bobby Seale ... Himself (also archive footage)
John Searle ... Himself
Francis E. Walter ... Himself (archive footage)
Jack Weinberg ... Himself (also archive footage)
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Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Not Rated
Filming Locations:
Berkeley, California, USA more
Company:
Kitchell Films more

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Features How We Stopped the War (1969) more
Soundtrack:
Oski Dolls more

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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Fabric of '60s Counterculture Politics : Weaving the Threads via Berkeley, 14 January 2005
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Author: Jimmy Winokur from Denver CO, United States

This is a superb, valuable documentary.

Berkeley was at the epicenter as the counterculture politics of the '60s emerged. And revisiting the political ferment of '60s Berkeley can offer an unusually helpful overview of these interwoven political currents. This film does that very, very well.

The fascinating footage (including early glimpses at Reagan as a relatively new "pol"), the deft editing, the years-later retrospective reflections of "now-grown-up" participants in the Berkeley "FSM" (Free Speech Movement) -- these are all very engaging, and beautifully assembled. But what makes the film great for me is its clarity in reflecting the interplay of counterculture themes: the movements for free speech and for civil rights, the movement against the Vietnam War, and assertion of the new feminism. Along with the energetic pursuit of "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll," these elements – blended into one 'tsunami' of a movement -- were experienced by us all coming of age during that time, throughout the US and throughout much of the world. But as a young person during that era, who became very swept up in the self-proclaimed "dawning of the Age of Aquarius," I recall also feeling unclear on how these ideological components -- which otherwise seemed to me distinct and substantively unrelated – became intertwined in the social politics of that era.

Whether the film is slanted, and whether "The Movement" was positive or negative, seem to me besides the point. The Movement was; like it or not, that reality is indisputable. From varying perspectives, our entire culture experienced it, and was affected by it. Most of the many millions of us on college campuses during that time were forever changed -- for good, for ill, or both. This film presents the most coherent depiction I've seen of how this happened, what it's "logic" was – and manages to do so engagingly, without becoming pedantic. That's a whole lot for one film to do, even for someone who respects and loves film as our culture's greatest current art form.

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