Unfinished Symphony: Democracy and Dissent (2001)

Original title

An Unfinished Symphony

Directed by

Bestor Cram, Mike Majoros

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers a three-day protest march against the Vietnam War in 1971. The march was staged by newly returned war veterans in Lexington, Massachusetts. The film is structured in three parts that mirror the movements of Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3.

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What happens

Unfinished Symphony: Democracy and Dissent is a 59-minute documentary film about a protest against the Vietnam War divided into three sections, mirroring the movements of Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3, the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, to which the film is set. Set primarily in Lexington, Massachusetts over Memorial Day weekend in 1971, the film focuses on the three-day protest in the form of a march, staged by newly returned war veterans. The film premiered in the Documentary Competition at the 2001 Sundance Festival and has screened extensively throughout the United States and in Europe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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