Woodstock by Chris Hovel
I really enjoyed watching this film not only for its music but also for the documentary aspects of it as well. This film showed how the younger generation during that period of time really wanted to have this festival mean something. Many of the younger kids interviewed didn't care about who you were or where you came from, everyone at Woodstock was considered friend to them. Another thing that really surprised me about this festival that I didn't know about before was how much money the concert promoters lost putting on this festival. Also the amount of people in attendance was atsonishing and the fact that they were able to round up food, water, electricity and shelter for the thousands who didn't have any of these things. The people who were sharing didn't care about giving all of these things away to others, everyone was just happy to be at Woodstock and experiencing this cultural revolution of sorts. I can only imagine how the local towns people felt having all of these folks flooding your town. Some of the locals did not mind having the festival there and actually enjoyed how nice the kids really were that attended Woodstock. However the massive drug use and breaking of cultural norms also made a lot of other people in the town very aggressive and angry towards the festival goers. I was really surprised at how generous the farm owner was who allowed for those thousands of young people to go and really enjoy and express themselves in a way that had never been done before. The festival of Woodstock was truly revolutionary not only for its music but for the ideals and principles it stood for.