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Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family (1971)

Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family (1971), directed by Morley Markson, starring Don Cox and Buckminster Fuller.

04/11/1971 BR Documentary 1h 24m

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The title of this Canadian documentary may have some relation to Canadian Marshall McLuhan's theories. It combines interview with famous U.S. militants of the '60s, such as Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, with reenactments of their Chicago trials (i.e., the "Chicago Eight," etc.). Other figures of cultural interest from the time, including Alan Ginsberg and Buckminster Fuller, are interviewed or featured. The filmmaker indicates his belief that powerful forces in the U.S. government worked together to suppress American radicals. This view, widely disbelieved at the time, has since been confirmed.

  • Morley MarksonCinematography, Director, Editing, Producer, Writer
  • John N. SmithEditing

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Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Morley Markson and released in 1971. The film is a profile of many of the politically and culturally radical figures who established and defined counterculture in the 1960s.

Figures appearing in the film include Donald L. Cox, Buckminster Fuller, Allen Ginsberg, Fred Hampton, John Lennon, Abbie Hoffman, William Kunstler, Timothy Leary, Jerry Rubin and John Sinclair.

The film premiered on April 15, 1971, at the Whitney Museum in New York City, as part of the New American Filmmakers Series. It was subsequently screened in the International Critics' Week program at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere at Toronto's Poor Alex Theatre's summer screening series of Canadian films in June 1971.

A sequel, Growing Up in America, was released in 1988 to profile the ways in which many of the figures profiled in the original film had evolved from "yippies" into "yuppies".

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Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Morley Markson and released in 1971. The film is a profile of many of the politically and culturally radical figures who established and defined counterculture in the 1960s.

Figures appearing in the film include Donald L. Cox, Buckminster Fuller, Allen Ginsberg, Fred Hampton, John Lennon, Abbie Hoffman, William Kunstler, Timothy Leary, Jerry Rubin and John Sinclair.

The film premiered on April 15, 1971, at the Whitney Museum in New York City, as part of the New American Filmmakers Series. It was subsequently screened in the International Critics' Week program at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere at Toronto's Poor Alex Theatre's summer screening series of Canadian films in June 1971.

A sequel, Growing Up in America, was released in 1988 to profile the ways in which many of the figures profiled in the original film had evolved from "yippies" into "yuppies".

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What is Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family about?

Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family: The title of this Canadian documentary may have some relation to Canadian Marshall McLuhan's theories. It combines interview with famous U.S. militants of the '60s, such as Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, with reenactments of their Chicago trials (i.e., the "Chicago Eight," etc.). Other figures of cultural interest fro…

Who directed Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family?

Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family was directed by Morley Markson in 1971.

Who stars in Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family?

The cast of Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family includes Don Cox, Buckminster Fuller, Allen Ginsberg, Fred Hampton and Abbie Hoffman.

How long is Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family?

Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family runs for 84 minutes, or 1h24.

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