1964
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“The pivotal year that essentially ushered in the true 1960s is explored.”
1964 was the year the Beatles came to America, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali, and three civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi. It was the year when Berkeley students rose up in protest, African Americans fought back against injustice in Harlem, and Barry Goldwater’s conservative revolution took over the Republican Party. In myriad ways, 1964 was the year when Americans faced choices: between the liberalism of Lyndon Johnson or Barry Goldwater’s grassroots conservatism, between support for the civil rights movement or opposition to it, between an embrace of the emerging counterculture or a defense of traditional values.
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Cast
18 people
Oliver Platt
Narrator (voice)
Known for
The Bear
Chicago Med
Stephanie Coontz
Self
Rick Perlstein
Self
Jann Wenner
Self
Known for
Jerry Maguire
Perfect
Dan T. Carter
Self
Robert Caro
Self
Also in
The Simpsons
Lee Edwards
Self
Also in
The Invisible Avenger
The Player
Richard Viguerie
Self
Phyllis Schlafly
Self
Susan J. Douglas
Self
Todd Gitlin
Self
Robert Lipsyte
Self
Stephen Ives Director · Peter Rundquist Composer Andrew Young Cinematographer
United States release January 14, 2014 · Produced in United States · Production GBH, WGBH Boston
Production
Insignia Films
Production
GBH
Production
WGBH Boston
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 14, 2014
TV · PBS "American Experience"
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