Making Sense of the Sixties

1991    56m
8.9
A look back at one of the most turbulent decades of America's recent history, this documentary examines the political and cultural changes, from the assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK to the rapidly escalating war in Vietnam to the wonder of the moon landing, that shaped the era and left an indelible mark on later decades.
Where to Watch Making Sense of the Sixties
1 Season
  • Season 1
    Season 16 Episodes
Cast of Making Sense of the Sixties
  • Carol RissmanSelf - Narrator
  • Arthur LevineSelf
  • Theodore RoszakSelf
  • Hendrik HertzbergSelf
  • Lisa LawSelf
  • William EhrhartSelf - Teacher & Poet
  • Manning MarableSelf - Political Scientist
  • Salli RaspberrySelf
  • Kate ColemanSelf - Arrested in Political Protests
  • Greil MarcusSelf - Former Student, Berkeley
  • Terry NorthwaySelf
  • Frithjof BergmannSelf
  • Doug McAdamSelf
  • Eva Jefferson PatersonSelf
  • Oliver Stonecast
  • Robert KleinSelf - Humorist
  • Graham NashSelf
  • Anne BeattsSelf - TV Writer
  • Thomas MayfieldSelf - School Administrator, Prince Edward County
  • Judith KarpovaSelf - Community Activist
  • Thomas FlemingSelf
  • Laurel TaubSelf
  • George ReedySelf
  • Charles BurgessSelf - Hardware Store Clerk
  • Andrew CherlinSelf
  • Joanna WeselohSelf - Boutique Owner
  • Lyllie WilliamsSelf
  • Jay StevensSelf
  • James HeardSelf
  • Jack BeattySelf - Senior Editor, Atlantic Monthly
  • David KeeneSelf
  • George LeonardSelf - Former senior Editor, Look Magazine
  • Rolf CahnSelf - Folk Musician
  • Saundra GrahamSelf - Community Activist
  • Wanda KnightSelf - Raised 5 Children
  • Alex RodriguezSelf
  • Michael RossmanSelf - Author of 'The Wedding Within the War'
  • Jane TakasSelf - Journalist
  • Madelyn HochsteinSelf - President, Daniel Yankelovich Group
  • Ron SandesSelf - Chevron Unit Chairman
  • Christine ReedSelf
  • Claude BrownSelf - Author
  • Charles WhiteSelf - Historian
  • Andrew TakasSelf - University Professor
  • Brenda CrossSelf - Director of Minority Affairs, Longwood College
  • Elaine Tyler MaySelf - Prof. American Studies
  • Anthony BouzaSelf
  • Robert WoodsonSelf
  • Edna Allen-BledsoeSelf - Associate Prof. of Social Work
  • Marvin LazersonSelf - Dean of Education, U. Penn
  • William SalesSelf - Prof. of Black Studies
  • Arthur SpaceSelf (1991)
  • Robert F. KennedySelf
  • John F. KennedySelf
  • Martin Luther King Jr.Self
  • Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf

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