Good for what it is.


I see in earlier messages here several complaints about it being leftist propaganda. But you don't have to view it that way. I viewed it simply as a snapshot of that time, mostly the 1960s, when the singer-songwriter was becoming more prominent and how the music from that time went on to influence much that came after.

I say appreciate it for what it is, instead of being disappointed for what it is not.

Yes, it does contain some "leftist" content, but think about it. Without these "leftists" in the 1940s through today would we ever have integrated schools, stopped the View Nam war, created an atmosphere for equal opportunity for females and minorities?

The far right just want to always preserve things the way they always were. Without enough of us being at least "left of center" then all progress would halt.

Myself as a product of the 1960s I enjoyed seeing many of the singers and groups I was listening to back then. The only big disappointment was seeing all those cute young men and young women I remember from the 1960s are now just old men and old women. However a quick glance in the mirror confirms that I am too! 

..*.. TxMike ..*..
Take a risk, Take a chance, Make a change. Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway

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Thank you for posting here. I saw the comments criticizing this documentary for being too "leftist" as well. It's as if those who are making those criticisms don't understand what the Greenwich Village scene was all about. Anyone who didn't follow conventional attitudes to social issues was labeled "leftist," "socialist," "communist," etc. even if they were just young, liberal, homosexual, female, black and/or a free thinker. Greenwich Village was one of the few places in America where square pegs could go and be themselves. The rest of America has been slowly moving in that direction ever since the end of the folk rock era and some of the other commenters here just don't want to accept that as progress.

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