AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2

Excerpt from the film AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2, a Facets Video release. Directed by Mike Gray/Howard Alk . For more info or to order this film visit http://www.facetsdvd.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DV86930 or contact sales@facets.org.

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A gritty but essential documentary charting social turbulence in late 1960's Chicago. American Revolution 2 includes footage of the 1968 Democratic Convention protest and riot, a critique of the events by working class African-Americans in Chicago, and attempts by the Black Panther Party to organize poor, southern white youths on the city's north side. Using direct sound, a handheld camera, no script, black-and-white film stock, and natural lighting, the directors' no-frills approach appropriately reflects the raw energy of this upheaval. "A powerful documentary...see this film" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).

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