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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)

05/24/2019 Music, Documentary 1h 46m
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User
Score
7.6/10
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67/100

Three Days that Defined a Generation

Overview

50 years after the legendary fest, Barak Goodman’s electric retelling of Woodstock, from the point of view of those who were on the ground, evokes the freedom, passion, community, and joy the three-day music festival created.

Barak Goodman

Director

Don Kleszy

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Joan Baez

Joan Baez

Self

David Crosby

David Crosby

Self

Wavy Gravy

Wavy Gravy

Self

Richie Havens

Richie Havens

Self

Stephen Stills

Stephen Stills

Self

Bonnie Beecher

Bonnie Beecher

Self (voice, as Jahanara Romney)

Bill Graham

Bill Graham

Self

Joel Rosenman

Joel Rosenman

Self (voice)

Michael Lang

Michael Lang

Self (voice)

Full Cast & Crew →

Media

WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS THAT DEFINED A GENERATION (2019) | Official Trailer HD | PBS Distribution

WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS THAT DEFINED A GENERATION (2019) | Official Trailer HD | PBS Distribution

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on November 6, 2019

***For a moment there was peace, love and joy... a moment only***

Released 50 years after the event, “Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation” documents the iconic concert that took place for 3.5 days in mid-August, 1969, at the height of the Vietnam fiasco and the counterculture movement. The initial estimates for attendance were up to 50,000 with later top guesstimates around 150,000. WAY more people came than expected and it was the biggest gathering of people in one place in history, over 400,000, only beat by the infamous Isle of Wight concert in England a year later.

The film shows the good and bad of the hippie culture, but mostly the good. Generally speaking, the movement was a reaction against the Vietnam war and the sterile legalism that America and similar coun...

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