, depicting the story of a documentary filmmaker who set out to shoot the chaos of the convention only to become sucked into the actual events. Haskell Wexler’s 1969 film was revered because it bridged the gap between fiction and nonfiction filmmaking.reportedly is at once more ideological and more challenging, focusing on a cast of unruly characters who set out to sow chaos . According to historic accounts, the Yippie principals hated each other as much as they detested the party establishment.
To the TV viewer of that moment, chaos ruled both inside and outside the convention hall. Even as police and National Guardsmen beat up protesters in the street, the cameras inside showed Dan Rather being brutally attacked by security as he interviewed a delegate. The reverse had been true 20 years earlier when the Republicans were sure they had the right man in Dewey, a star prosecutor from New York. Dewey and his vice presidential nominee, Earl Warren, represented the liberal wing of the party, leaving the hard right in despair. Dewey and Warren failed to grasp the appeal of Truman among two strong constituencies – farmers and union members.
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