Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)
Three Days that Defined a Generation
Director: Barak Goodman · Writers: Barak Goodman, Don Kleszy
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.
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Trailer
Director
Barak Goodman
Cast
Joan Baez
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David Crosby
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Wavy Gravy
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Richie Havens
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Stephen Stills
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Bonnie Beecher
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Bill Graham
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Joel Rosenman
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Michael Lang
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Country Joe McDonald
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Keith Moon
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Graham Nash
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***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 countries had devolved into by the early-mid 60s. The youth wanted freedom, peace and love and you can s…
