VHS : Berkeley in the Sixties
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starring: John Searle (III), Jackie Goldberg, Susan Griffin (II), Jack Weinberg (II), Nancy Davisdirected by: Mark Kitchell
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303947846
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6303947840
Label: First Run Features
Manufacturer: First Run Features
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: First Run Features
Release Date: November 16, 1999
Running Time: 117 minutes
Sales Rank: 33226
Studio: First Run Features
Theatrical Release Date: 1990
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
This outstanding documentary by Mark Kitchell, six years in the making, is a comprehensive and insightful story of campus and community activism as born at the University of California at Berkeley. Using extensive archival footage and bridging the distance between past and present with more recent interviews, Kitchell shows how a 1960 protest aimed at the House Un-American Activities Committee was the launching point for the Free Speech movement, which evolved into organized opposition against the Vietnam War, support for the Black Panther party, and the feminist movement. No simple valentine to student-demonstration days, the film brilliantly uses contemporary perspective to show how great legacies and inevitable failures were simultaneously born in a charged atmosphere. Not to be missed. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - California Dreamin'
For those us of the Generation of '68 the political actions of the 1960's were essentially a youth-led effort. To the extent that anyone though about the situation as a separate political matter young students, mainly from the traditionally elite campuses, were the vanguard of those youth. And the vanguard of the vanguard? At least until 1969 a very strong case could be made, and is made in this documentary under review, that the University of California at Berkeley held that role. The whys and wherefores ... Read More
Rating: - Show this to your family, and discuss it.
As I graduated from high school in 1970, I was at the latter part of the "student movement" days. In my late 30s, I married a woman who's one of eleven kids, none of whom ever "rebelled," or were part of that era. My spouse now regrets it, envies what I may have experienced. (And I still describe her siblings as "1950s consumers.")
I have a little of a cynical view toward the whole era. I think people often either romanticize it, "The world just changed so much," or they despise it. "The world ... Read More
Rating:  - Raises documentary standards...
This truly is an exceptionally well researched and presented documentary concerning the events at USC Berkeley in the 1960s.What comes across is that the collection of former students/activists interviewed are intelligent,erudite and committed to social causes:their social zeal did not die with the decade(as is revealed in the "where are they now" segment).However, the documentary is not a total celebration of their experiences;mistakes made and the success/impact of their actions is discussed,with a variety ... Read More
Rating: - "do not go gentle..."
Your review ("The Revolution Will be Dramatized") is replete with glaring errors and untruths. Where to begin. Yes--paragraph by paragraph quotes: 1. "after their periods of action subsided." In fact, not only did the action not subside, but in many ways it has abided or even increased. For example, the legacy of their courageous dissent and activism informs the Iraq war protest ethic today (which actually began before the fact, just as dissent and activism for the [pending] Iran debacle is a reality--albeit ... Read More
Rating: - Berkeley in the 60's
I lived in Berkeley during the 60's and knew some of the filmmakers; this documentary IS Berkeley during that time. Very accurate portrayal of a significant time in history.
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