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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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)

Three Days that Defined a Generation

★ 7.3/10 May 24, 2019 106 min

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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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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) Country Joe McDonald Country Joe McDonald Self Keith Moon Keith Moon Self Graham Nash Graham Nash Self

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Wuchak
Wuchak November 6, 2019
★ 9/10

***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…