Berkeley in the Sixties

1990 American film

Berkeley in the Sixties
Original film poster
Directed by	Mark Kitchell
Written by	Susan Griffin Mark Kitchell Stephen Most
Produced by	Mark Kitchell
Starring	Frank Bardacke Jentri Anders John Gage Jack Weinberg Jackie Goldberg Michael Rossman Bobby Seale David Hilliard Ruth Rosen Suzy Nelson Barry Melton John Searle Mike Miller Hardy Frye Susan Griffin Anne Weills
Narrated by	Susan Griffin
Cinematography	Stephen Lighthill
Edited by	Veronica Selver
Music by	Various artists
Distributed by	California Newsreel
Release date	September 26, 1990 (1990-09-26) (New York City)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Berkeley in the Sixties is a 1990 documentary film by Mark Kitchell.

Summary

The film highlights the origins of the Free Speech Movement beginning with the May 1960 House Un-American Activities Committee hearings at San Francisco City Hall, the development of the counterculture of the 1960s in Berkeley, California, and ending with People's Park in 1969. The film features 15 student activists and archival footage of Mario Savio, Todd Gitlin, Joan Baez, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Huey Newton, Allen Ginsberg, Gov. Ronald Reagan and the Grateful Dead. The film is dedicated to Fred Cody, founder of Cody's Books. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It also aired on the PBS series POV.

Critical response

Rotten Tomatoes assigned the film an approval rating of 100%, based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 8.10/10. Owen Gleiberman from Entertainment Weekly gave it a grade of "A−", writing "The film doesn’t shrink from saying that many of the ’60s social-protest movements went too far. It demonstrates that by the end of the decade, protest had become a narcotic in itself. But only a movie that understands the ’60s as profoundly as this one has truly earned the right to say that."

Awards

Wins

1990 Sundance Film Festival, Audience Award, 1990
National Society of Film Critics Awards 1990, Best Documentary, 1991.

Nominations

63rd Academy Awards, Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, 1990.
1990 Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize, 1990.

References

POV|PBS
Trailer on Vimeo
Perspectives on History|AHA
TV Guide
Maslin, Jane (1990-09-26). "Berkeley: Tie-Dye to Just Ties". Review/Film. The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
Documentary Winners: 1991 Oscars
"Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
"Berkeley in the Sixties". Entertainment Weekly. November 30, 1990. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
1990 Sundance Film Festival|Archives|Sundance Institute
1991|Oscars.org

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v t e National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film
Stop Making Sense (1984) Shoah (1985) Marlene (1986) No Award (1987) The Thin Blue Line (1988) Roger & Me (1989) Berkeley in the Sixties (1990) Paris Is Burning (1991) American Dream (1992) Visions of Light (1993) Hoop Dreams (1994) Crumb (1995) When We Were Kings (1996) Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) The Farm: Angola, USA (1998) Buena Vista Social Club (1999) The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (2000) The Gleaners and I (2001) Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) To Be and to Have (2003) Tarnation (2004) Grizzly Man (2005) An Inconvenient Truth (2006) No End in Sight (2007) Man on Wire (2008) The Beaches of Agnès (2009) Inside Job (2010) Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) The Gatekeepers (2012) The Act of Killing / At Berkeley (2013) Citizenfour (2014) Amy (2015) O.J.: Made in America (2016) Faces Places (2017) Minding the Gap (2018) Honeyland (2019) Time (2020) Flee (2021) All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (2023) No Other Land (2024)

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film

Stop Making Sense (1984)
Shoah (1985)
Marlene (1986)
No Award (1987)
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Roger & Me (1989)
Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
Paris Is Burning (1991)
American Dream (1992)
Visions of Light (1993)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Crumb (1995)
When We Were Kings (1996)
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (2000)
The Gleaners and I (2001)
Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)
To Be and to Have (2003)
Tarnation (2004)
Grizzly Man (2005)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
No End in Sight (2007)
Man on Wire (2008)
The Beaches of Agnès (2009)
Inside Job (2010)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011)
The Gatekeepers (2012)
The Act of Killing / At Berkeley (2013)
Citizenfour (2014)
Amy (2015)
O.J.: Made in America (2016)
Faces Places (2017)
Minding the Gap (2018)
Honeyland (2019)
Time (2020)
Flee (2021)
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (2023)
No Other Land (2024)

v t e Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: U.S. Documentary
20th century	For All Mankind (1989) Berkeley in the Sixties (1990) American Dream (1991) Brother's Keeper (1992) Something Within Me (1993) Hoop Dreams (1994) Ballot Measure 9/Unzipped (1995) Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (1996) Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End (1997) Out of the Past (1998) Genghis Blues (1999)
21st century	Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002) My Flesh and Blood (2003) Born into Brothels (2004) Murderball (2005) God Grew Tired of Us (2006) Hear and Now (2007) Fuel (2008) The Cove (2009) Waiting for "Superman" (2010) Buck (2011) The Invisible War (2012) Blood Brother (2013) Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (2014) Meru (2015) Jim: The James Foley Story (2016) Chasing Coral (2017) The Sentence (2018) Knock Down the House (2019) Crip Camp (2020) Summer of Soul (2021) Navalny (2022) Beyond Utopia (2023) Daughters (2024)

Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: U.S. Documentary

20th century

For All Mankind (1989)
Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
American Dream (1991)
Brother's Keeper (1992)
Something Within Me (1993)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Ballot Measure 9/Unzipped (1995)
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (1996)
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End (1997)
Out of the Past (1998)
Genghis Blues (1999)

21st century

Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002)
My Flesh and Blood (2003)
Born into Brothels (2004)
Murderball (2005)
God Grew Tired of Us (2006)
Hear and Now (2007)
Fuel (2008)
The Cove (2009)
Waiting for "Superman" (2010)
Buck (2011)
The Invisible War (2012)
Blood Brother (2013)
Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (2014)
Meru (2015)
Jim: The James Foley Story (2016)
Chasing Coral (2017)
The Sentence (2018)
Knock Down the House (2019)
Crip Camp (2020)
Summer of Soul (2021)
Navalny (2022)
Beyond Utopia (2023)
Daughters (2024)

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