
The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam, Michael becomes involved in the civil rights movement and after campaigning for Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy becomes involved in radical politics, and Katie gets pregnant, moves to San Francisco and joins a hippie commune. Meanwhile, the Taylors are an African-American family living in the deep South.... (Full plot summary below)
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The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam, Michael becomes involved in the civil rights movement and after campaigning for Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy becomes involved in radical politics, and Katie gets pregnant, moves to San Francisco and joins a hippie commune. Meanwhile, the Taylors are an African-American family living in the deep South. When Willie Taylor, a minister and civil rights organizer, is shot to death, his son Emmet moves to the city and eventually joins the Black Panthers, serving as a bodyguard for Fred Hampton.
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| User ReviewSarah BThis was so good. I would love to find it and watch it again! |
| User ReviewWS WGreat story intertwined with actual events. Amazing miniseries. Highly recommended. |
| User ReviewDiane DI watched this movie in a History class several years ago...Loved it!!! |
| User Reviewminda wamazingly great and fanstatic because of how true the accounts are againest different colors and the whole war thing. "what is war good or absolutely nothing" good song also played in rush 1 or 2 or both. |
| User ReviewTyeasha VI love this movie! It's very eye opening about that time period. It's long, but it's worth it! |
| User ReviewBellaRay ?I was high when I watched this movie and ended putting the movie in on the wrong side (watching the second half first). I still thought it was AMAZING! |
| User ReviewTara RIncredible. Good acting, fantastic music, great script and a great telling of one of the most poignant decades in American history. |
| User ReviewShannon NI love everything about this time period and I love this movie..it gives a view from all groups of this era! |
| User Review??Jean??love the movie its one the best tv movies ever made. |
| User ReviewTim WI'd say that when it comes to films, I'm hard to please. So when I say that this film deserves 5 stars (not to be conceited or anything...), that's because it's positively excellent. |