THE DAY THE '60s DIED

The Day the '60s Died chronicles May 1970, the month in which four students were shot dead at Kent State. The mayhem that followed has been called the most divisive moment in American history since the Civil War. The Los Angeles Times wrote about the film: “Let[s] you taste the urgency of the moment.” Variety: “First rate...talks to all the right people.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer: “Brilliant job of bringing that violent, war-torn time into clear historical focus.” The New York Review of Books: “This is a remarkable film, with its parallel portraits of two sets of young Americans misused by the country’s leaders.” 

Director/Writer JONATHAN HALPERIN

Writer/Producer ANNA BOWERS

Executive Producers  

MARK MANNUCCI & JONATHAN HALPERIN

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