Movie Description
Chicago 1968
(1995)Overview
American Experience looks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Vice President Hubert Humphrey won his party's nomination for president amid massive civil unrest and violence perpetrated by Chicago Police and anti-Vietnam War protesters.
Featured Crew
- Director : Chana Gazit
- Producer : Margaret Drain,Chana Gazit,Larry Lecain,Bob M. McCausland,Chas Norton
- Writer : Chana Gazit
- Editor : Joseph Tovares,David Steward
- Cast : David McCullough,William Stanley Merwin,Tom Wicker,Albert Eisele,Ted Van Dyk,Marilyn Katz,David Dellinger,David Farber,Roger Wilkins,Joel Weisman,David Stahl,Abe Peck,Thomas Foran,Rennie Davis,Richard Samuel,William Frapolly,Mike Spiegel,Frank Sullivan,Tom Hayden,Reuven Frank,David Ginsburg,Edward Collins,Bill Ayers,Jean Wallin,Joseph Alioto,Richard J. Daley,Wayne Hays,Hubert H. Humphrey,Eugene McCarthy,Pierre Salinger,Theodore Sorensen
Cast
Self - Host
Self - Narrator (voice)
Self - Journalist
Self - Biographer
Self - Humphrey Staff
Self - Antiwar Activist
Self - Antiwar Activist
Self - Historian
Self - US Justice Department
Self - Chicago Journalist
Self - Chicago Deputy Mayor
Self - Anitwar Activist
Self - US Attorney, Illinois
Self - Antiwar Activist
Self - McCarthy Delegate
Self - Undercover Police
Self - Antiwar Activist
Self - Police Spokesman
Self - Antiwar Activist
Self - NBC News
Self - Humphrey Staff
Self - Chicago Police
Self - Antiwar Activist
Self - McCarthy Delegate
Self - Mayor, San Francisco (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self - Representative, Ohio (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self - Convention Speaker (archive footage)
Self - Convention Speaker (archive footage)
Facts
Original TitleChicago 1968
Status Released
Release Information
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1995-11-13
Original Language
Runtime 01h 00m
Production CompaniesPBS,Robert Stone Productions,WGBH,David Grubin Productions
Genres
- Documentary
- History
