The '60s

A sweeping, earnest historical drama that follows two families through a turbulent decade, balancing personal struggles with larger social upheavals.

Created by

Mark Piznarski

Genres

Drama

Starring

Josh Hamilton, Julia Stiles, Jerry O'Connell

Tagline

The movie event of a generation.

Overview

The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam, Michael becomes involved in the civil rights movement and after campaigning for Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy becomes involved in radical politics, and Katie gets pregnant, moves to San Francisco and joins a hippie commune. Meanwhile, the Taylors are an African-American family living in the deep South. When Willie Taylor, a minister and civil rights organizer, is shot to death, his son Emmet moves to the city and eventually joins the Black Panthers, serving as a bodyguard for Fred Hampton.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, tense and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, race, war, politics

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

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