Summer '68 (Newsreel #505)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

56 minutes

Year:

1969

Director:

Norman Fruchter

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Company:

Newsreel

Cast:

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Crew:

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