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.
American Swing (2008)
6.2/10
Director: Jon Hart, Matthew Kaufman
In 1970s New York, Plato's Retreat was an epicentre of sensual excess. The renowned sex club was a thriving destination for patrons who wanted to leav... Read more
A Technicolor Dream (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Stephen Gammond
Starring: Roger Waters, Nick Mason
This documentary revisits the events that led up to "The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream" on April 29th, 1967, 'a musical happening' at Alexandra Palace tha... Read more
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007)
8.3/10
Director: Brett Harvey
The unassuming Canadian province of British Columbia is a business giant in the illegal marijauna trade, generating upwards of $7 billion Canadian eac... Read more
Talk to Me (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Starring: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cedric The Entertainer, Taraji P Henson, Mike Epp...
Don Cheadle stars in this funky bio-pic of Petey Greene, an ex-con who became an iconic radio DJ and outspoken social activist in the turbulent 1960s.... Read more
Marshall McLuhan: McLuhan's Wake (2007)
Starring: Marshall McLuhan
Taking Edgar Allan Poe's 'Descent Into the Maelstrom' as its central metaphor, this documentary about theoretician Marshall McLuhan covers basic biogr... Read more
Across the Universe (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Julie Taymor
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, T...
A revolutionary rock musical, performed by the cast and inspired by the songs of The Beatles, that re-imagines America in the turbulent late 1960s, a... Read more
Across the Universe ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Julie Taymor
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, T...
A revolutionary rock musical, performed by the cast and inspired by the songs of The Beatles, that re-imagines America in the turbulent late 1960s, a... Read more
Blame It on Fidel! (2006)
7.6/10
Director: Julie Gavras
Starring: Nina Kervel-Bey, Julie Depardieu, Stefano Accorsi, Benjamin Feuillet, Martine Ch...
It's 1970 in Paris, Charles de Gaulle is dead, the socialist Salvador Allende has come to power in Chile, and French women are demanding their rights.... Read more
Factory Girl (2006)
6.4/10
Director: George Hickenlooper
Starring: Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Hayden Christensen, Jimmy Fallon, Mena Suvari, Shawn...
In 1965, college dropout Edie Sedgwick (Sienna Miller) headed to New York to become a superstar. When she met Andy Warhol (played by Guy Pearce), it... Read more
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
6.7/10
Director: Rebecca Miller
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Camilla Belle, Catherine Keener, Paul Dano, Jason Lee, Jena Ma...
Daniel Day-Lewis is Jack, an ex-political activist who lives with his daughter Rose (Camilla Belle) on what was once a thriving island commune. Jack... Read more