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An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.
Events
August 15th , 1969, Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie and Joan Baez play at the first day of the Woodstock festival
August 16th , 1969, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who and Jefferson Airplane play at the second day of the Woodstock festival
August 17th , 1969, Joe Cocker, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Jimi Hendrix play at the third and final day of the Woodstock festival
Directed by Michael Wadleigh
Starring Richie Havens, Joan Baez, The Who, Sha-Na-Na
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