Dok.cetera: Woodstock ‘99 – Lost in the Present
When those who've only primarily known the 21st century come across the term "Woodstock", many will recall the tie-dyed camaraderie of the famed 1969 peace, love, and music celebration. That event, held on sprawling upstate New York farmland amidst the throws of the Vietnam War, was the ultimate stop during the "Summer of Love". A coming together of art and activism for some quarter million attendees and featuring a who's who of the era's best musical acts and poets, Woodstock was a singular moment in the history of America with music and the generation of idealists who - at least for that moment - believed in a world beyond war and profit; its grainy imagery, analogue amplifications, and muddy confines have been embedded within the public's consciousness of 1960s counterculture since the first moments its gates flung open. As expertly captured in Michael Wadleigh's eponymous 1970 documentary, Woodstock was indeed a generation-defining event and one that now occupies a space closer to idealism than its own reality.
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