Berkeley in the Sixties

Berkeley in the Sixties
Original film poster
Directed by	Mark Kitchell
Produced by	Mark Kitchell
Written by	Susan Griffin Mark Kitchell Stephen Most
Starring	Frank Bardacke Jentri Anders John Gage Jack Weinberg Jackie Goldberg Michael Rossman Bobby Seale David Hilliard Ruth Rosen Suzy Nelson Barry Melton John Searle Mike Miller Hardy Frye Susan Griffin
Narrated by	Susan Griffin
Music by	Various artists
Cinematography	Stephen Lighthill
Edited by	Veronica Selver
Distributed by	California Newsreel First Run Features
Release date	September 26, 1990 (1990-09-26) (New York City)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Berkeley in the Sixties is a 1990 documentary film by Mark Kitchell. The film highlights the origins of the Free Speech Movement beginning with the May 1960 House Un-American Activities Committee hearings at San Francisco City Hall, the development of the counterculture of the 1960s in Berkeley, California, and ending with People's Park in 1969. The film features 15 student activists and archival footage of Mario Savio, Todd Gitlin, Joan Baez, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Huey Newton, Allen Ginsberg, Gov. Ronald Reagan and the Grateful Dead.^[1] The film is dedicated to Fred Cody, founder of Cody's Books. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

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↑ Masli, Jane (1990-09-26). "Berkeley: Tie-Dye to Just Ties". Review/Film. The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
↑ "NY Times: Berkeley in the Sixties". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-11-19.

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