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One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern (2005)

One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern (2005)

History Documentary

For once in American politics, sunshine and light beat shadows and fog.

Release Date: 2005, September 16
Directors: Stephen Vittoria
Countries: United States of America
Production: Street Legal Cinema
Cast: Warren Beatty, Frank Mankiewicz, Amy Goodman, George McGovern, Gary Hart, James Abourezk, Chip Berlet

Overview:

ONE BRIGHT SHINING MOMENT retraces George McGovern's bold presidential campaign of 1972 - a grassroots campaign that fought for peace and justice, and positioned ideas and people first. But what is remembered today as being the ultimate political defeat of the American Century may also have been its high watermark. The film poses this central question: what does the crushing electoral defeat of a man so well respected for his decency and intellect say about the electoral process, the American government, and more importantly, what does it say about the forces at work on the American people- then and now? Featuring interviews with the candidate himself, supporters and activists like Gore Vidal, Gloria Steinem, Warren Beatty, Howard Zinn, and music from Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Donovan, and Elvis Costello.