The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

Aug 26, 1968

0h 28m

★ 6.2

Overview

Chris Marker and François Reichenbach document the massive anti–Vietnam War protest held in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1967, where more than 100,000 demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial before marching on the Pentagon. Filmed amid the crowd, the short captures the tension, idealism, and growing radicalism of the American peace movement.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Societe pour le Lancement des Oeuvres Nouvelles (SLON)

France Opera Film

Les Films de la Pléiade

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Henri de Turenne

Chris Marker

William Sloane Coffin

Paul Stookey

Mary Travers

John Wilson

Peter Yarrow

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