Píše se rok 1964 a Jimmy hledá únik z nudného světa rodičů a ještě nudnější práce poslíčka v jedné londýnské reklamní agentuře mezi stejně naladěnými vrstevníky. V komunitě mods se cení úpravný vzhled, vlastnictví patřičně vyšperkovaného skútru Lambretta či Vespa a také schopnost obstarat povzbuzující amfetaminy, umožňující protančit noc na koncertech oblíbených kapel. Jako každý vyhraněný životní styl má však i tento svá úskalí.
The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.
Šedesátá léta se chýlí ke konci a ve vzduchu je cítit změna. I když to tak zatím v ospalém městečku Woodstock vůbec nevypadá, všechno začne tady. Elliot Tiber, jeho autoritářská matka a slabošský otec vedou polorozpadlý penzion, ve kterém se hosté objevují, jenom když opravdu nemají na výběr. Najednou se kolem začnou psát dějiny a největší nejenom hudební událost té doby přivádí do městečka Woodstock tisíce lidí.(oficiální text distributora)
Explore Woodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture idealism of the original 1969 concert but instead devolved into riots, looting and sexual assaults.
Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.
50 years after the legendary fest, Barak Goodman’s electric retelling of Woodstock, from the point of view of those who were on the ground, evokes the freedom, passion, community, and joy the three-day music festival created.
Herlihyovi jsou rodina z pracující třídy, která žije v Chicagu. Jejich všechny tři děti mají naprosto rozdílné životní cesty. Brian se hned po vysoké přidá k mariňákům a odjede do Vietnamu, Michael se angažuje za občanská práva a pracuje na kampani Bobbyho Kennedyho a Eugena McCarthyho, kteří dělají v radikální politice, třetí dítě Katie otěhotní a odjíždí do San Francisca, kde se přidává do komunity hippies. Mezitím na hlubokém jihu žije afro-americká rodina Taylorů. Poté, co Willieho Taylora – ministra a bojovníka za občanská práva – zastřelí, se jeho syn Emmet přestěhuje a přidá k Černým panterům a tam se stane bodyguardem Fredyho Hamptona.
A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage from the concert with footage of the living conditions in the current-day Watts neighborhood.
Following the success of their eponymous debut in 1992, Blind Melon succumbed to the familiar tale of falling into the debauchery which comes hand in hand with rock ‘n’ roll riches. Their set on the main stage on day two at Woodstock '94 would mark the band at the peak of their powers as they delivered a performance that would have even stood out in ’69. For the exhilarating set, frontman Shannon Hoon opted to wear his girlfriend’s white dress which was quite the statement back in ’94, a time when society was no way near as progressive as it is today and signified the sort of accepting character that he was.
In order to to see his idol, Jimi Hendrix, a twelve year old boy attempts a journey from his Quebec village to Woodstock.
One man's search for the prolific funk legend, Sly Stone.
Vyrůstala v přesvědčení, že je běloška. Něco však nebylo v pořádku... Lacey je pravnučkou emigrantů z východní Evropy. Pochází ze staré newyorské židovské rodiny, která si do Brooklynu přivezla svou kulturu i tradice. Je dcerou hodné židovské dívky a hodného židovského chlapce. V dětství se celý její svět točil kolem synagogy, židovské školy a obřadů. Členové její rodiny a příbuzní věděli, kam patří, a pomohli jí definovat vlastní identitu. Lacey však nikdy nenapadlo, že to je všechno jinak...
In 1969, the band Sweetwater led by lead vocalist Nansi Nevins opened Woodstock and subsequently got considerable media attention, appearing on a number of TV shows. But just as they appeared to be getting a really break big, they just disappeared. Thirty years later, a cable TV reporter for MIX TV, a musical station, is removed from her show because of being stoned on air. Her station gives her a choice of being dismissed or investigating what happened to Sweetwater. A blending of modern day fiction and past fact is then blended in this biographical story.
At the site of the 1969 rock concert at Woodstock, New York, an electrical charge turns a local farmer into a murderous werewolf.
Funk legend Sly Stone disappeared from the limelight for more than 20 years. Musicians and the media tried to find the recluse but failed. In 2005 Willem Alkema started searching for Sly. Sly didn't want to be found or filmed, but Willem didn't give up and finally followed Sly in his first steps on stage in decades.
Woodstock Diary was originally broadcasted on U.S. TV in August 1994 - in honor of the 25th anniversary of the event. Later it was released on DVD with remastered 5.1 sound. It includes performances not shown in the Woodstock movie but not exclusively. Between the songs there are recent interviews with the producers / organizers of Woodstock Joel Rosenman, John Roberts, Michael Lang, the stage announcer Wavy Gravy and Lisa Law (a member of the Hog Farm who helped out at the festival).
(March 13, 2009 – Burbank, CA) – “Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music” – the four-hour director’s cut of the 1970 Oscar®-winning documentary about the landmark music event that featured some of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll performers in history -- will be released June 9 in a spectacular new limited, numbered Blu-ray and DVD “Ultimate Collector’s Edition” (UCE). With two extra hours of rare performance footage -- some of it newly-discovered, some only seen in part and some never seen at all -- the UCE is destined to make its own history.
Primus at their legendary performance in Woodstock on August 13, 1994.
A documentary about the three Woodstock music festivals.