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Summer '68 (Newsreel #505) (1969)

Summer '68 (Newsreel #505) (1969)

Documentary
Release Date: 1969, April 14
Directors: John Douglas, Norman Fruchter
Countries: United States of America
Production: Newsreel
Cast: Robert Kramer, Vernon Grizzard, Jeff Shero

Overview:

This documentary provides an in-depth examination of protest activities surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. It documents draft resistance, the growth of G.I. coffee houses, the development of alternative media and the early days of Newsreel itself. It is particularly useful in its exploration of the problems the movement faced in using mainstream media to broadcast its message. It is also a document of the philosophies, tactics, and problems of the student movement in the crucial year of 1968. It is most useful when background information can also be provided.

Keywords:

political activism