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Counterculture

Unconventional appearance, music, drugs, communitarian experiments, and sexual liberation were hallmarks of the sixties counterculture, most of whose members were white, middle-class young Americans. To some Americans, these attributes reflected American ideals of free speech, equality, and pursuit of happiness. Other people saw the counterculture as self-indulgent, pointlessly rebellious, unpatriotic, and destructive of America's moral order. Authorities banned the psychedelic drug LSD, restricted political gatherings, and tried to enforce bans on what they considered obscenity in books, music, theatre, and other media. Parents argued with their children and worried about their safety. Some adults accepted elements of the counterculture, while others became estranged from sons and daughters.

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)

7.3/10
Director: Stanley Nelson

On May 2, 1967, twenty-four black men and six white women dressed in blue shirts, black berets, and black leather jackets ascended the steps of the ca... Read more

The Culture High (2014)

8.3/10
Director: Brett Harvey

This documentary scours the deep-seated roots of this morally induced Marijuana campaign and reveal the fascinating path it has taken to get to where... Read more

Danger 5 (2011)

8.4/10
Director: David Ashby, Dario Russo
Starring: David Ashby, Sean James Murphy, Natasa Ristic

Set in a bizarre 1960's inspired version of World War II, this action comedy series follows a team of five spies on a mission to kill Hitler. The acti... Read more

Cheech and Chong's Hey Watch This (2010)

Director: Christian Charles
Starring: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong

Cheech and Chong are back in an all new adventure as they bring their hilarious antics to the live stage across America. The tour has been a resoundin... Read more

Taking Woodstock (2009)

6.7/10
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Demetri Martin, Dan Fogler, Imelda Staunton, Emile Hirsch, Eugene Levy, Henry Go...

Director Ang Lee detours into comic territory with this true story, based on Elliot Tiber's book, about how he, an in-the-closet Greenwich Village int... Read more

The Boat That Rocked ( Blu-ray ) (2009)

Director: Richard Curtis
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Bill Nighy, Chris O'Dowd, R...

Aka "Pirate Radio". In 1966, a rusty fishing trawler christened Radio Rock floats just outside British territorial waters, broadcasting illicit rock '... Read more

The Boat That Rocked (2009)

Director: Richard Curtis
Starring: Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost, Tom Sturridge,...

Aka "Pirate Radio". In 1966, a rusty fishing trawler christened Radio Rock floats just outside British territorial waters, broadcasting illicit rock '... Read more

Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009)

7.4/10
Director: Leanne Pooley
Starring: Jools Topp, Lynda Topp

A revealing and engaging look into the lives of the world's only yodelling, lesbian, country and western singing twins, Leanne Pooley's documentary is... Read more

Humboldt County (2008)

6.4/10
Director: Darren Grodsky, Danny Jacobs
Starring: Brad Dourif, Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich, Frances Conroy, Madison Davenport,...

Peter Hadley (Jeremy Strong), an uptight and disillusioned medical student, is failed by one of his professors, who happens to be his father. Seeking... Read more

Andy Warhol's Factory People (2008)

7.3/10
Director: Catherine Schorr O'Sullivan
Starring: Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Mary Woronov, Billy Name

In 1964, Andy Warhol took up residence in an abandoned hat factory in Manhattan's East Side and turned it into a hotbed of music, art, filmmaking and... Read more