Daily Archives: November 14, 2017

Meredith Monk: 16 Millimeter Earrings and the Artist’s Body

Posted on November 14, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“At once a choreographer, composer, actress, singer, and director, Meredith Monk is known for a body of work that is often considered unclassifiable. Since the 1960s, her practice has spanned across disciplines of dance, theater, visual arts, and film, and … Continue reading →

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People’s War – John Douglas (1969)

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“… In the summer of 1969, Newsreel went to North Vietnam. From that trip came PEOPLE’S WAR. This film moves beyond the perception of the North Vietnamese as victims to a portrait of how the North Vietnamese society is organized. … Continue reading →

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Dispatches – Michael Herr

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“Despite every other kind of progress, humanity still lives and dies in conditions of either war or peace, a truth reflected in our literature. There is still a place for a great war book such as Dispatches. Like its precursors, … Continue reading →

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The Moral Case for Draft Resistance

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A clergyman joining those burning draft cards at Arlington Street Church in Boston, October 1967. “On Monday, Oct. 16, 1967, Americans gathered by the thousands in cities and on campuses all over the country for the first ‘Stop the Draft’ … Continue reading →

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To Kill a Mockingbird – Robert Mulligan (1962)

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“To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee‘s 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. It stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and … Continue reading →

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