The Doors Are Open (1991)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

This documentary mixes concert footage of the Doors playing in London with interviews of the band. It also cuts in news clips from the turbulent late 1960s.

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What happens

The Doors Are Open is a 1968 black-and-white documentary about the American rock group the Doors. It was produced by Jo Durden-Smith for Granada TV and directed by John Sheppard and first aired in the United Kingdom on 4 October 1968. The programme combines footage of the Doors playing live at London's Roundhouse venue, interviews with the band members and contemporary news snippets of world current affairs—protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention, French riots, statements from politicians and footage of the Vietnam War etc. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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