1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond

Jul 20, 2018

0h 44m

★ 8.0

Overview

The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the May events in France, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, the Prague Spring, the Chicago riots, the Mexico Summer Olympics, the presidential election of Richard Nixon, the Apollo 8 space mission, the hippies and the Yippies, Bullitt and the living dead. Once upon a time the year 1968.

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

3DD Productions

Sky Arts

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ryan Mandrake

Self - Journalist

Will Hodgkinson

Self - Journalist

Bonnie Greer

Self - Historian

Kate Williams

Self - Journalist

John Aizlewood

Self - Music Producer

Joe Boyd

Self (archive footage)

Dan Rowan

Self (archive footage)

Dick Martin

Self (archive footage)

Goldie Hawn

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

James Brown

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