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In August 1969 - against a backdrop of a nation in conflict over sexual politics, civil rights, and the Vietnam War - half a million people converged on a small dairy farm in upstate New York to hear the concert of a lifetime. What they experienced was a moment that would spark a cultural revolution, changing many of them and the country forever. With never-before-seen footage, WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS THAT DEFINED A GENERATION tells the story of the political and social upheaval leading up to those three historic days, as well as the extraordinary events of the concert itself, when near disaster put the ideals of the counterculture to the test. What took place in that teaming mass of humanity - the rain-soaked, starving, tripping, half-a-million strong throng of young people - was nothing less than a miracle of unity, a manifestation of the "peace and love" the festival had touted, and a validation of the counterculture's promise to the world. Who were these kids? What experiences and stories did they carry with them to Bethel, New York that weekend, and how were they changed by their time in the muck and mire of Max Yasgur's farm? Directed by award-winning filmmaker Barak Goodman and written by Goodman and Don Kleszy, WOODSTOCK takes us back to the three days that defined a generation.

Cast

  • Artie Kornfeld
  • Michael Lang
  • Joel Rosenman
  • Joan Baez
  • Paul Butterfield
  • Canned Heat
  • Country Joe and the Fish
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Crosby Stills & Nash
  • David Crosby

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Metacritic

60
May 19, 2019

Barak Goodman's straightforward Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation plays to this group of nostalgic Baby Boomers, offering a rosy view of the titular event that for many is synonymous with Peace Love

Metacritic review by John DeFore
John DeFore
The Hollywood Reporter
67
May 19, 2019

While Goodman and Ephron’s film abides by a “peace love 101” approach that might prove tiresome for people who already know about Wavy Gravy or the inclement weather that threatened to rain out an entire movement, this lucid and entertaining look back in time gradually twists that broadness into its greatest strength.

David Ehrlich
IndieWire