Woodstock: Now & Then

The Woodstock Music & Art Fair, more commonly known as Woodstock, was a three-day music festival held in Bethel,New York, from August 15 to August 17, 1969.

Film Screening and Discussion

When: Monday, November 16, 6:30 p.m.
Where: American Center, Tržiště 13, Prague 1 - Malá Strana

Barbara Kopple, two-time American Academy Award winning filmmaker, will present her most recent film, Woodstock: Now & Then, and talk about her illustrious career. "Woodstock: Now & Then" is a feature length documentary which examines Woodstock from the perspectives of not only the musicians who graced the stage, but also the fans who gathered in mass, the concert promoters who risked everything and countless others whose unique viewpoints help paint a new and vivid tapestry of the Woodstock experience.

Barbara Kopple is a two time Academy Award-winning filmmaker for the documentaries Harlan County, USA (1976) and American Dream (1991). Her other films include Shut Up and Sing (2006), Havoc (2005), A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999), My Generation (2000), Wild Man Blues (1997), Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (1993), and 2009's Woodstock: Now & Then. In addition to two Amercican Oscars, Barbara Kopple is the recipient of numerous other awards such as the SilverDocs/Charles Guggenheim Award, New York Women in Film & Television Muse Award, the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, among numerous others. 

In Prague, Barbara Kopple also presents her movie Shut Up & Sing, Sunday, November 15, 2009, 3:00 p.m., Archa Theater, http://famufest.cz/en/lectures/show/4

The lecture will be held in English