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Oscar Nominated for Best Documentary, Glenn Silber and Barry Alexander Brown’s powerful documentary uses the ten-year history of antiwar resistance in one American town, Madison, Wisconsin, as a microcosm of the national Antiwar Movement in the ‘60s & early ‘70s. Stereotype-busting interviews with student activists, police, Vietnam vets and others illuminate a trove of rare archival film, from the earliest antiwar protest in 1963 -- to the violent confrontation against the Dow Chemical Co., producers of napalm, in 1967; to the bombing of the Army Math Research Center in 1970 – to the end of the U.S. role in Vietnam in ‘73. This vital work of politically-charged non-fiction is newly restored in 4K and re-released now in yet another period of U.S. political conflict and turmoil.
Original Release
10/12/1979
US Release
10/12/1979
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Karleton Armstrong | Self - Anti-War Activist, Convicted Bomber |
| Betty Boardman | Self - Quaker Peace Activist |
| Allen Ginsberg | Self - Activist |
| Henry Haslach | Self - Student Activist |
| Gaylord Nelson | Self - US Senator |
| Wahid Rashad | Self - Student Activist |
| Jim Rowen | Self - Student Activist, Assistant to Mayor Soglin |
| Paul Soglin | Self - Student Activist, Mayor of Madison |
| Evan Stark | Self - Student Activist |
| Jack von Mettenheim | Self - Businessman, Anti-Hitler Student Activist |
Directors
Barry Alexander Brown, Glenn Silber
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Karleton Armstrong | Self - Anti-War Activist, Convicted Bomber |
| Betty Boardman | Self - Quaker Peace Activist |
| Allen Ginsberg | Self - Activist |
| Henry Haslach | Self - Student Activist |
| Gaylord Nelson | Self - US Senator |
| Wahid Rashad | Self - Student Activist |
| Jim Rowen | Self - Student Activist, Assistant to Mayor Soglin |
| Paul Soglin | Self - Student Activist, Mayor of Madison |
| Evan Stark | Self - Student Activist |
| Jack von Mettenheim | Self - Businessman, Anti-Hitler Student Activist |
| H. Edwin Young | Self - President, Univ. of Wisconsin |
| Maurice Zeitlin | Self - Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin |
| Spiro Agnew | Self - White House Conference, Beside Connally / Self (archive footage) |
| William Bablitch | Self - Law Student, Observer |
| John Connally | Self - White House Conference, Beside Agnew |
| Ngo Dinh Diem | Self - with Nixon in Vietnam |
| John Ehrlichman | Self - White House Conference |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self - Discusses Domino Theory / Self (archive footage) |
| Wilbur Emory | Self - Madison Police Chief |
| Gerald Ford | Self - Congressman, Anti-Democrat Speech in Madison / Self (archive footage) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Barry Alexander Brown | Producer |
| Glenn Silber | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1980 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Nominated |
