Directed by:
D.A. PennebakerCast:
Scott McKenzie, Art Garfunkel, Janis Joplin, Roger Daltrey, Eric Burdon, Grace Slick, Otis Redding, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding, Laura Nyro (more)Plots(1)
On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the beginning of the Summer of Love, the Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey featured career-making performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few of the performers in a wildly diverse lineup that included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic vérité style - and a camera crew that included the likes of Albert Maysles and Richard Leacock - D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend smashing his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his, Mama Cass watching Janis Joplin’s performance in awe. (Criterion)
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