PBS - Berkeley In the Sixties (1990)

PBS - Berkeley In the Sixties (1990)

From the Free Speech Movement to the anti-war protests to the last stand over People's Park, Berkeley, California became synonymous with a generation's

quest for social, political, and cultural transformation. Six years in the making, Mark Kitchell's extraordinary chronicle of those years was named Best

Documentary of 1990 by the National Society of Film Critics and was nominated for an Oscar in 1991. Berkeley in the Sixties recaptures the exhilaration and

turmoil of the unprecedented student protests that shaped a generation and changed the course of America. Many consider it to be the best filmic

treatment of the 1960s yet made. This Academy Award-nominated documentary interweaves the memories of 15 former student leaders, who grapple with

the meaning of their actions. Their recollections are interwoven with footage culled from thousands of historical clips and hundreds of interviews. Ronald

Reagan, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mario Savio, Huey Newton, Allen Ginsburg, and the music of Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez and the Grateful

Dead all bring that tumultuous decade back to life.