In 1968, young people from Berkeley to Paris and from Prague to Tokyo rose up against the world they were being offered. In this sprawling but riveting two-part documentary, veteran filmmaker Don Kent tracks the development, decline and legacy of this global movement against the fiery backdrop of the Vietnam War, civil rights struggles, dueling ideologies, and international coup d’états. A time capsule full of evocative sights and sounds, narrated by leading historians and political activists, Les années 68 effortlessly connects apparently discrete events to form a blazingly timely analysis of a decade that shaped the way we live now.
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- Ended
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- Artline Films
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- 1960s
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Alain Mabanckou as Self
Viet Thanh Nguyen as Self
Toni Negri as Self
Judith Butler as Self
Hélène Cixous as Self
Dilma Rousseff as Self
Kathleen Cleaver as Self
Tariq Ali as Self
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Don Kent · Creator, Director
François-Xavier Destors · Writer
Bruno Coulais · Composer
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