Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)

Director:

Mark Kitchell

Writers:

Mark Kitchell
Susan Griffin
(more)

Release Date:

26 March 1992 (Germany)

Genre:

Documentary | History | Music

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.

Plot Keywords:

Campus | Student | 1960s | University | Political Activism

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

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)
Nancy Davis	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Mark Kitchell

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Susan Griffin
Mark Kitchell
Stephen Most

Produced by
Bea Andrade	....	associate producer
Mary Borrelli	....	associate producer
Marcia Jarmel	....	assistant producer
Mark Kitchell	....	producer
Kevin Pina	....	associate producer
Frances Politeo	....	assistant producer
Marc Weiss	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Stephen Lighthill

Film Editing by
Veronica Selver

Production Management
David Brown	....	production manager

Sound Department
Anne Evans	....	sound (as Ann Evans)
Jeffery Stephens	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Gilbert Johnson	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Charlton	....	camera operator: additional photography
Jocelyn Lighthill	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Jessica Ambinder-Rojas	....	assistant editor (as Jessica Ambinder)
Herbert H. Bennett	....	assistant editor (as Herb Bennett)
Sarah Durham	....	assistant editor
Grant Foerster	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Gilbert Johnson	....	projectionist: front projection

Thanks
Terry Floyd	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Kitchell Films
• P.O.V. Theatricals

Distributors

• California Newsreel (1990) (USA) (theatrical)
• First Run Features (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• First Run Features (USA) (VHS)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1991) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Berkeley, California, USA

Company:

Kitchell Films

Quotes:

John Searle:"... worst yet, we attracted to Berkeley, the worst collection of kooks and nuts you've ever seen in your life. Everybody saw this on television, and they had a completely distorted conception of it. They thought, 'what you do is you go to Berkeley, and you riot and you just have a great time; its one big political, sexual, drug feast.'" TC:38.52

Movie Connections:

Features San Francisco Good Times (1977)

Soundtrack:

They All Sang Bread and Roses

Where have all the activists gone?

Where have all the activists gone, long time passing? That's what I asked myself as I watched this great documentary. We now live in an age where signs and protests in the streets are just another story on the news. We have seen it so much we have become jaded by it all. This documentary takes us back to a time in America when revolution in the streets seemed entirely possible, and it scared the heck out of middle America, politicians and those who had a vested interest in the status quo. It interviews people who were there from the beginning in the very early 1960s through the early 1970s and the stopping of the Vietnam war. Is this film anti-establishment? You bet, it would have to be. We are, after all, showing the viewpoint of people involved in the counter-culture after all. No Rush Limbaugh here. What this movie left me with was a gratefulness that someone recorded these activists stories on film. These people were primarily writers, there still exists a LOT of writing from the time that goes into more detail on what was going on, but by recording these stories on film, it assures that future generations who will not seek out a book as readily as they will a TV remote will hear them. This movie also left me with a feeling of wondering where today's activists were. Where are the people willing to give up freedom and comfort to stand for what they believe in. Oh yeah, they are looking for their remotes...