Those of us who lived through it know that this was a tumultuous and significant year for the US. I’m looking forward to seeing what Brokaw does with it. It’s on History and History HD at 9:00 Eastern.
ETA: Yes, I know how bad the “Hitler Channel” can be. But if we’re demanding better quality, the least we could do is appreciate it when it happens. So please, keep the History Channel bashing per se to a minimum in this thread. I’d like to talk about the show itself before and after it airs. Thanks.
I’ve seen reviews like that, too. Usually, they’re reviews of games the reviewer hasn’t actually played.
The documentary was excellent, and included interviews with key people of the time from whom we seldom hear, like people who were in the kitchen as Robert Kennedy passed through. People in famous photos and news stories of the time. Their retrospective viewpoints were fascinating. As for the Stills song, it is an anthem for the time, and a documentary on the 1960s without it is like a baseball game without the national anthem. Stills did not have the benefit of forty years of hindsight. The reviewer is an idiot in my opinion. Probably a New York Times copy editor.
Thanks, Lib, for bringing this to my attention. I’m so glad it’s going to be aired again. I would’ve hated to miss this. My best friend at work - hell, best friend in Seattle - sits right next to me at work. She’s 5 years younger than me, but has an older sister my age, and we’ve been having a lot of conversations lately about the effect this era had on our parents, especially this particular year. I think I’ll invite her over to see it after I DVR it - it sounds fascinating!
Damn, I am getting old! Just thinking about that two-note opening is getting me a little verklempt…
I didn’t know it was going to re-air, but I’ll give you just a small tidbit to whet your apetite:
There’s an interview with Cleveland Sellers, one of the original Black Power activists (after first having embraced King’s message of nonviolence). There’s also an interview with his son, Bakari — who at the age of 22 and still in law school, has been elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. He is from Orangeburg, the location of a deadly race riot. What a difference 40 years can make.