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The Summer of '67

1994 57 min
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This feature documentary follows up on 2 important NFB documentaries that captured the turbulent year of 1967, a time when social and cultural revolution, as well as generational change, were on everyone’s mind. The first, Christopher’s Movie Matinée, followed the travels of 14 Toronto teenagers over the course of the summer, while the second, Flowers on a One-way Street, documented the conflict between the hippies of the day and Toronto City Council, over the future of the Yorkville neighbourhood, then Canada's counter-culture capital. More than 2 decades later, the filmmakers have sought out some of the films' participants, not as …

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This feature documentary follows up on 2 important NFB documentaries that captured the turbulent year of 1967, a time when social and cultural revolution, as well as generational change, were on everyone’s mind. The first, Christopher’s Movie Matinée, followed the travels of 14 Toronto teenagers over the course of the summer, while the second, Flowers on a One-way Street, documented the conflict between the hippies of the day and Toronto City Council, over the future of the Yorkville neighbourhood, then Canada's counter-culture capital. More than 2 decades later, the filmmakers have sought out some of the films' participants, not as an exercise in nostalgia but to discover what traces remain in the lives of those who most deeply felt the impact of the '60s

  • director
    Albert Kish
    Donald Winkler
  • producer
    Albert Kish
  • editing
    Albert Kish
  • executive producer
    Don Haig
  • script
    Donald Winkler
  • camera
    Jim Aquila
    Steve Anderson
    Dave Brotherton
    Scott Brown
  • sound
    John Martin
    Danny Dimitroff
    John Hawkins
  • sound editing
    Sylvie Masse
    Scott Lutes
  • re-recording
    Louis Hone

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