“Woodstock: Now & Then”explores the frenzied days leading up to the festival, from how the planners scrambled to find a concert site and the traffic jams that shut down the New York State Thruway to the notorious “brown acid” to the thunderous rain and mud and, of course, the music. Weaving together first-hand accounts with rare archival images and an iconic soundtrack, the documentary allows those who were there a chance to relive the experience and gives an entirely new generation an opportunity to feel the magic of that time.
The film also takes an important look at Woodstock’s legacy through the eyes of today’s musicians and activists, examining why Woodstock and all it symbolizes is still relevant in today’s culture. Directed by Barbara Kopple (TRT 120 mins)
Info: Â www.cabincreekfilms.com,
www.history.com/content/woodstock/photo-galleries/woodstock-now-and-then-part-1
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Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown, Directed by Adam Harding (TRT 30 mins)
“In the late 1970s, the ‘greatest city in the world’ was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en masse housing corruption gave way to a city in crisis. Yet out of the economic and social strife that held the ‘Big Apple’ hostage, a family of homegrown cultures that would forever change the world began to emerge. Downtown Calling not only documents, in detail, the evolution of New York City’s fertile music and art subculture during this period, but how its collective output continues to play a prominent, driving role in the international fashion, art and music industries today.”