1968 (Part 1 of 6)

1968: The Year that Shaped a Generation
War. Assassinations. Riots. This dramatic program examines the turbulent political and social landscapes of 1968 by combining dramatic archival footage and interviews with many key participants, including Walter Cronkite, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Senator Tom Hayden, Barbara Ehrenreich, Carlos Fuentes, and Pat Buchanan. Individual sections spotlight topics such as Vietnam, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement, student revolts, the counter-culture, the Democratic National Convention, the Prague Spring, the Mexico City student massacre, and the '68 presidential campaign and election.
Release Year: 1998
Run Time: 57 minutes

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Civil
• Rights
• Movement
• Presidential
• campaign
• Martin
• Luther
• King
• Kennedy
• Riots
• situationalist
• international

[ubloom3]

thanks for posting

[tobybenedetto]

y am i fillin in comments when iraq is goin down in flames?

[1313134320]

eu nasci em 1968...;;;[[[...]]]

[FRSFreeState]

Perhaps the most fascinating year in American Political History and definitely one of the most fascinating years in American History in general.

[Seasass]

@DerekBayRoberts1 "Head" is a great movie, actually! And it wasn't just a "Monkees" movie; it was a Bob Rafelson / Jack Nicholson production, before "Five Easy Pieces".

[MrMediamate]

Quite Interesting

[avq5]

mlk rulz

[tumsabai1]

@ioriorioriorio

Yes and so much fun!!!!

[DerekBayRoberts1]

Hard th fathom that 4:47 was used in a Monkees' movie. They did it for "artistic" reasons.

[alanheath2]

@WonderweissMaragera Whatever one may think of Che Guevara, on this issue he has a very good point!

[alanheath2]

@ioriorioriorio You seem to have your sides mixed up.  The Tet offensive was aimed at the South Vietnamese and US whereas the surge was organised by the US. There is a difference.

[ioriorioriorio]

@universallance true...20, 20 vision, I viewed it different in , say, 1978, yet I view it very close today...I am even more radical ....I oppose the occupation of iraq, afganistan....and palestine!!!! thats is not an illusion...its reality!!!!