October 8 - 9:30pm
Emile de Antonio (1970) 98 mins
One of a series of De Antonio’s radical films that document the seismic & cataclysmic events of post-war America & its political system. Following his dissection of JFK’s assassination in Rush to Judgement, De Antonio charts the ultimate failure of the liberal left to effectively counter the divisive politics of the conservative right. Following Eugene McCarthy’s failed campaign for the US presidency, & documenting the epochal Chicago Democratic Convention, it provides one of the most politically engaged, enraged & complex portraits of the tumultuous year of 1968.
* Preceded at by No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Niggerat 8.15p.m and 'Nam 68 - a selection of short films - at 7.00pm.
* Screens as part of the Cinema '68 Season.