Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation DVD
In August 1969, nearly half a million people gathered at a farm in upstate New
York to hear music. What happened over the next three days, however, was far more
than a concert. It would become a legendary event, one that would define a generation
and mark the end of one of the most turbulent decades in modern history. Occurring
just weeks after an American set foot on the moon, the Woodstock music festival took
place against a backdrop of a nation in conflict over sexual politics, civil rights
and the Vietnam War. A sense of an America in transition - a handoff of the country
between generations with far different values and ideals - was tangibly present at
what promoters billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace and Music."
Woodstock turns the lens back at the audience, at the swarming, impromptu city that
grew up overnight on a few acres of farm land. 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 teamwork, a manifestation of the
"peace and love" the festival had touted and a validation of the counter-culture'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 three days
in the muck and mire of Yasgur's farm?