May Day (Newsreel #29) (1969)
Жанр : документальный
Время выполнения : 15М
Директор : San Francisco Newsreel
Краткое содержание
This film documents a rally in San Francisco sponsored by the Black Panther Party. Kathleen Cleaver, Bobby Seale, and other speakers addressed thousands of protesters demanding more rights for African Americans and calling for the release of Huey P. Newton.
Сидя на автобусной остановке, Форрест Гамп — не очень умный, но добрый и открытый парень — рассказывает случайным встречным историю своей необыкновенной жизни. С самого малолетства парень страдал от заболевания ног, соседские мальчишки дразнили его, но в один прекрасный день Форрест открыл в себе невероятные способности к бегу. Подруга детства Дженни всегда его поддерживала и защищала, но вскоре дороги их разошлись.
Избрание и убийство президента Кеннеди, война во Вьетнаме, рождение «контр — культуры», золотой век рок — н-ролла и рок — музыки, расовые и студенческие волнения, первый человек на Луне, фестиваль в Вудстоке. Все это — захватывающие Шестидесятые, десятилетие, перевернувшее мир, один из самых ярких и бурных периодов в американской истории. «Шестидесятые» — судьба целого поколения американцев на примере жизни двух семей, белой и черной, разделенных и вновь сведенных вместе этими памятными годами.
Двенадцатилетний мальчик работает в борделе, а, повзрослев, начинает выступать в секс-шоу в южной части Лос-Анджелеса. Наблюдая, как двое белых полицейских собираются избить молодого черного бунтаря, Свитбек, рискуя жизнью, набрасывается на служителей порядка.
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