Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

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Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

2013

2h 1m

Documentary

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Interviews with Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie and others show how the music coming out of New York's Greenwich Village challenged the status quo and promoted social change during the 1960s and '70s.

Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

Though lacking narrative focus, it offers rich impressions of a New York City artistic community that profoundly influenced American popular culture.

Rated: 2/4

May 30, 2013

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation behaves altogether too much like the generation that got defined - yep, its starts out energetic and fresh only to age into tedious self-importance.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 8, 2013

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Documentarian Laura Archibald has rounded up an impressive group of survivors ...

Rated: 3/4

Jan 18, 2013

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Jay Stone

Canada.com

Greenwich Village: The Music That Defined A Generation makes you wish you'd been there too, hearing it all for the first time.

Rated: 3/5

May 2, 2013

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David Noh

Film Journal International

Its blandly generic title is all too disappointingly germane to this loving but far from incisive documentary covering a vital time in music history.

Mar 1, 2013

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Audience Member

not the best ever, but worth a look see, thanks to netflix...a bit self congratulatory but filled with nice footage and decent interviews, narrated by Susan Sarrandon...a subject worthy of a doc, albeit maybe a little trite or passe...but still worthy of putting on and abosrbing

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Not particularly well-made; self-congratulatory.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

For those of us who lived through the era isolated in Cracker South it is a nostalgic tour too short to be significant.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

A solid doc on the Greenwich Village scene, and village itself, from the late 40s through to the early 60s, and the culture that sprung up around it. Interviews with many relevant figures (Dylan being the exception, but then again, he's such a big figure, that might have skewed the doc away from the point). However, they do have Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Peter (from Peter, Paul and Mary), Judy Collins, Carly Simon, Arlo Guthrie, Buffy St-Marie, and others. It's definitely relevant, and there's some genuinely great musical clips we get to see, and a feel for what special kind of scene it was. Not quite as gripping as some music docs, but interesting enough to keep you watching. Worth a watch if you're into Singer-Songwriters or Folk at all.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

The number of artists they interviewed was tremendous. Told the story from the musicians' point of view.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

Sadly not that good. Had such potential.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Synopsis

Interviews with Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie and others show how the music coming out of New York's Greenwich Village challenged the status quo and promoted social change during the 1960s and '70s.

Director: Laura Archibald
Producer: Kevin Wallis, Rob Lindsay, Nicolas Kleiman, Laura Archibald
Screenwriter: Laura Archibald, Rob Lindsay, Kevin Wallis
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Solomon's Signature Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 18, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.0K
Runtime: 2h 1m

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