Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Mark Kitchell

Writers:

Susan Griffin (writer)
Mark Kitchell (writer)

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:

1960s | Campus | Student | University | Story

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)

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

Movie Connections:

Features Black Panthers (1968)

Soundtrack:

Viola Lee Blues

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...