1968: THE YEAR THAT SHAPED A GENERATION

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. A powerful educational resource about one of the pivotal years of the 20th century" (- Films for the Humanities and Sciences website)

1998

DVD

English

Documentary (D)

400

N56998aDVD

60 min.