Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family (movie)

Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family (movie)

  • User score: 5.3
  • Production country: Canada
  • Producer: Morley Markson
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 4/11/1971
  • Run time: 84 min.

Movie description

The title of this Canadian documentary may have some relation to Canadian Marshall McLuhan's theories. It combines interview with famous U.S. militants of the '60s, such as Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, with reenactments of their Chicago trials (i.e., the "Chicago Eight," etc.). Other figures of cultural interest from the time, including Alan Ginsberg and Buckminster Fuller, are interviewed or featured. The filmmaker indicates his belief that powerful forces in the U.S. government worked together to suppress American radicals. This view, widely disbelieved at the time, has since been confirmed.

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Don Cox

Don Cox

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Buckminster Fuller

Buckminster Fuller

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Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

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Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton

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Abbie Hoffman

Abbie Hoffman

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