Country Joe McDonald

In 1970, three years following his death from Huntington’s disease, an all-star cast of musicians gathered at Los Angeles, CA’s Hollywood Bowl to pay homage to iconic folk songwriter Woody Guthrie. Although the concert was a one-night-only event , four-time Emmy Award-winner Jim Brown filmed the historic Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970, which included performances by Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta, Richie Havens, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Earl Robinson, and The Band, along with narration by actors Will Geer and Peter Fonda.

How do you define classic rock? Is it a genre, a radio format, or music from a specific period of time? Filmmaker & lifelong rocker Daniel Sarkissian travels the world, interviewing iconic artists in search of an answer.

Loving, music-filled tribute to Chris Strachwitz, guiding force behind legendary roots music label Arhoolie Records. With Ry Cooder, Clifton Chenier, Richard Thompson, Flaco Jiménez and a new generation of roots musicians.

"Born In Chicago" is a soulful documentary film that chronicles a uniquely musical passing of the torch. It’s the story of first generation blues performers who had made their way to Chicago from the Mississippi Delta and their ardent and unexpected followers – young white, middle class kids who followed this evocative music to smoky clubs deep in Chicago’s ghettos. There, against all odds, they were encouraged by the greats who had became their musical mentors and learned the art of the blues at the feet the masters, going on to make the music their own.

2 hours of musical performances from Woodstock which weren't included in the original Woodstock film.

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).

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.

Mordant, self-aware, freighted with sensitivity toward Chile’s problem, wary of caricature, disposed toward consciousness of human fallibility, it is a deft blend of fiction and documentary set in the tumultuous days leading up to the election of Salvador Allende in 1970.

1969년, 뉴욕의 시골 마을 베델에서는 50만 명에 이르는 사람들이 사흘 동안 당대의 가장 중요한 순간을 경험하였다. 규모와 영향력 면에서 전무했던 콘서트, ‘평화와 음악’이라는 공통된 목표를 가진 각양각색의 사람들이 모였다. 음악의 정수와 공연의 강렬한 에너지를 포착한 다큐멘터리.

A film by Leo Hurwitz & Peggy Lawson.

This short film follows Country Joe and the Fish on their way to an anti-Vietnam War rally.

로큰롤의 새로운 지평을 열었던 몬터레이 팝 페스티벌. 지미 헨드릭스, 재니스 조플린, 사이먼 앤 가펑클, 마마스 앤 파파스, 더 후 등 다양한 팀들이 참가했다. 감독의 다이렉트 시네마 스타일이 돋보이는 이 작품에는 지미 핸드릭스가 기타를 태우는 장면 등 지금은 전설이 된 순간들이 담겨 있다. (2011년 제8회 EBS 국제다큐영화제) 1960년대 보수적인 사회와 기성세대에 맞서 사랑과 평화, 꽃으로 대표되는 히피문화, 이른바 ‘플라워 무브먼트’를 태동시켰던 미국의 젊은이들. LSD와 마리화나, 명상과 공동체 생활로 대표되는 이들의 문화는 60년대말 새로운 저항문화를 형성했으며 1967년 캘리포니아주 몬트레이에서 열렸던 대규모 록 페스티발은 이러한 젊은이의 문화, 대항문화의 시작이었다. 지미 핸드릭스, 재니스 조플린, 사이먼 앤 가펑클, 마마스 앤 파파스, 더 후 등 다양한 팀들이 참가했던 이 역사적인 사건을 다이렉트 시네마 스타일로 담아낸 은 사건으로서의 록 다큐멘터리의 효시가 되었으며 이후 록 페스티발을 기록한 수많은 다큐멘터리들의 전범이 된 작품이다. 특히 지미 핸드릭스가 기타를 태우는 장면 등 지금은 전설이 된 순간들은 세월을 넘어 여전히 강렬하다. (2011년 한국영상자료원 - 樂 & DOCU: 음악다큐멘터리 특별전)

The San Francisco scene in 1967-68. Documentary about hippies shot during the height of the movement . Viewpoints from many kinds of people. Music by Steve Miller Band, Mother Earth, Quicksilver Messenger Service and others.

Documentary film about three veterans of the Civil Rights movement who have become peace spokesman for the new opposition activist. It traces their thought and action over the past year, as they see themselves moving from demonstration to political organizing.