Had it not been for this movie: Woodstock

In August 1969,
the Woodstock Music & Art Fair took place on a dairy farm in Bethel, NY.
Over half a million people came to a 600-acre farm to hear 32 acts (leading and emerging performers of the time) play over the course of four days (August 15-18). Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, the Who, Janis Joplin and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were among the line-up. It rained, there was mud, all traffic in and out was gridlocked, and the music continued, night and day.

Woodstock
It was filmed by a director named Michael Wadleigh and a team that included a young Martin Scorsese and the editor Thelma Schoonmaker, who would later edit all of Scorsese's movies. They exposed 120 miles of film, shot with 16 cameras. Woodstock is known as one of the greatest happenings of all time and –perhaps- the most pivotal moment in music history. Woodstock is the benchmark of concert movies and one of the most entertaining documentaries ever made. Woodstock 1969 Documentary .m4v
Courtesy of Devon Rushton: American Studies Period 3/4 End of Year Project

They lived in Woodstock Nation; a nation of alienated young people.
"We carry it around with us as a state of mind, in the same way the Sioux Indians carry the Sioux Nation with them." — Abbie Hoffman

Critic Reviews for Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music

Had it not been for this movie,
Woodstock would be vaguely remembered as a rock concert that produced some recordings. Wadleigh's "Woodstock" created the idea of "Woodstock Nation," which existed for three days and was absorbed into American myth. Few documentaries have captured a time and place more completely, poignantly, and for that matter, entertainingly. Citation: Great Movie Review via Roger Ebert

In 1996, Woodstock was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2017, the festival site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Learn more about the Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock—

Woodstock
Jack White joined Pearl Jam on stage at NOS Alive Festival in Portugal last month to perform Neil Young's classic, "Rockin' In The Free World." Watch their performance, here.

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