Should you watch Woodstock?
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Woodstock
Documentary · 1970
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.
The sides of Woodstock
- Half a million people on a farm in 1969
- Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Joe Cocker on stage
- Rain, mud and broken fences
Woodstock is good for you if…
- you like long, raw sets from the legends of 1969.
- you want to see what the summer of 1969 actually looked like.
- you like a split screen full of crowds, helicopters and mud.
Woodstock is bad for you if…
- nearly four hours is too much for one evening.
- you'd rather not watch naked festivalgoers, especially with others.
About: freedom · the counterculture · togetherness
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