Medium Cool (1969) - (Movie Clip) Peace Now!

Name: Medium Cool (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Peace Now!
Uploaded: 2016-07-15T00:00:00-04:00
Duration: 3 min 46 s
Description: Director and cinematographer Haskell Wexler now directly imposing his story on real events, finds his main character John (Robert Forster) covering the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, then his friend Eileen (Verna Bloom), whose son has gone missing, among the protesters milling outside, in Medium Cool, 1969.

Director and cinematographer Haskell Wexler now directly imposing his story on real events, finds his main character John (Robert Forster) covering the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, then his friend Eileen (Verna Bloom), whose son has gone missing, among the protesters milling outside, in Medium Cool, 1969.

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