I've been thinking a lot about creative practices that actually move beyond critique and push against specific American policy. I'm not sure if these films do, in and of themselves, but they certainly document a time of direct action, and the frightful reprisals that befell those who attempted to disrupt the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Ann Hornaday's story in the Washington Post provides a good historical lead up to Brett Morgan's new film by pointing out how much it owes to Haskel Wexler's 1969 directorial debut Medium Cool. The quote in this blog's title is from her article. Here's the original trailer. Check it out!
By the way, according to this interview with Brett in IndeWIRE, Spielberg will make the next, more "mature", incarnation of this continually-reworked story. Is this like our generation's version of an "oral tradition"--retelling this event through film? Anyway, I think it's a legend worth hearing, thinking and talking about right now as the convention season is upon us.
Check out these clips at NPR to get a feel of the new Morgan Film. And for more, I found these excellent photos from the protest along with some writing by Jo Freeman at her website.
Ann Hornaday's story in the Washington Post provides a good historical lead up to Brett Morgan's new film by pointing out how much it owes to Haskel Wexler's 1969 directorial debut Medium Cool. The quote in this blog's title is from her article. Here's the original trailer. Check it out!
By the way, according to this interview with Brett in IndeWIRE, Spielberg will make the next, more "mature", incarnation of this continually-reworked story. Is this like our generation's version of an "oral tradition"--retelling this event through film? Anyway, I think it's a legend worth hearing, thinking and talking about right now as the convention season is upon us.
Check out these clips at NPR to get a feel of the new Morgan Film. And for more, I found these excellent photos from the protest along with some writing by Jo Freeman at her website.
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