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Making Sense of the Sixties

★ 8.6 72 votes 1991–1991 1 season · 6 episodes Ended PBS
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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.

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Season 11991
06
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1Seeds of the Sixties
2We Can Change the World
3Breaking Boundaries, Testing Limits
4In a Dark Time
5Picking Up the Pieces
6Legacies of the Sixties

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Cast

Carol Rissman Self - Narrator
Hendrik Hertzberg Self, Self - 1960s Newsweek Correspondent
Theodore Roszak Self, Self - Author, Self - Prof. of History
Arthur Levine Self, Self - Senior Faculty, Harvard Univ.
William Ehrhart Self - Teacher & Poet, Self - Vietnam Veteran
Lisa Law Self, Self - Photographer, Author
Greil Marcus Self - Former Student, Berkeley, Self - Music Critic
Salli Raspberry Self, Self - Former Hippie
Manning Marable Self - Political Scientist, Self - Prof. of Political Science
Doug McAdam Self, Self - Sociology Dept. Head, Univ. of Arizona

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