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Children of the Sun (1968)
- Dir. Andrew McAlpine
- A nostalgic time capsule from the 1960s about the burgeoning surf culture of New Zealand and Australia during the heyday of longboarding.
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Complete Monterey Pop Festival, The (Monterey Pop, Jimi Plays Monterey, Shake! Otis at Monterey) (1968-1997)
- Dir. D.A. Pennebaker
Feat. Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding
- In 1967 the acclaimed documentary maker D.A. Pennebaker recorded performances at the Monterey Pop Festival, California.
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Elvis - '68 Comeback Special (1968)
- Feat. Elvis Presley
- An extraordinary and comprehensive compilation of material centering around the televised 'comeback' of Elvis Presley in 1968. In addition to the…
Rocky Road to Dublin (1968)
- Dir. Peter Lennon
- Ex–Guardian reporter Lennon recruited French New Wave lensman Raoul Coutard to film this scathing Irish postcard, exposing wayward politics and…
Salesman (1968)
- Dir. David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
- Devastating look at the borderline existence of four door–to–door bible salesman, as they go their round from coffee–shop,…
Sex, Drugs And Rock 'N' Roll: The 60's Revealed (1968)
- The result of TV personality Bernard Braden's massive project where he interviewed dozens of celebrities from the swingin' 60s, then…
The London Nobody Knows / Les Bicyclettes de Belsize (1968)
- Dir. Norman Cohen, Douglas Hickox
Feat. James Mason
- The London Nobody Knows: James Mason narrates this short documentary about some of London's more run–down neighbourhoods, which were soon to be…
Actuality Dramas of Allan King, The (Warrendale; A Married Couple; Come on Children; Dying at Grace; Memory For Max, Claire, Ida and Company) (1967-2005)
- Dir. Allan King
- A collection of five cinema–verité style documentaries from the extraordinary Canadian auteur Allan King, all of which are emotionally…
Don't Look Back - Bob Dylan (1967)
- Dir. D.A. Pennebaker
Feat. Bob Dylan
- One of the best portraits of an artist ever committed to film, this extraordinary documentary about Bob Dylan captures the man behind the phenomenon…
Far from Vietnam (1967)
- Dir. Agnes Varda, Joris Ivens, William Klein
Feat. Anne Bellec, Karen Blanguernon, Bernard Fresson…
- A documentary essay film with seven segments each directed by seven French New Wave directors, who express their opposition to the Vietnam War and…