Harvey Mandel

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.

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After learning his stepfather has throat cancer, a lazy pool hustler takes on a high-stakes contender.

"Born In Chicago" is a soulful documentary film that chronicles a uniquely musical passing of the torch. It’s the story of first generation blues performers who had made their way to Chicago from the Mississippi Delta and their ardent and unexpected followers – young white, middle class kids who followed this evocative music to smoky clubs deep in Chicago’s ghettos. There, against all odds, they were encouraged by the greats who had became their musical mentors and learned the art of the blues at the feet the masters, going on to make the music their own.

Re-creating the sound they triumphantly defined in the 1960s, several Chicago blues legends gather for this hot 2004 performance. Heavy hitters Barry Goldberg, Harvey Mandel, Nick Gravenites, Tracy Nelson, Sam Lay and Corky Siegel are shown jamming here, while other luminaries reflect on the era in interviews. The reminiscences come from B.B. King, Steve Miller, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana and others.

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