Summer of Love

Overview

American Experience presents Summer of Love, a striking picture of San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district during the summer of 1967 -- from the utopian beginnings, when peace and love prevailed, to the chaos, unsanitary conditions, and widespread drug use that ultimately signaled the end. Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco (Daughter from Danang) examine the social and cultural forces that sparked the largest migration of young people in America's history.

Directed by Vicente Franco, Gail Dolgin

Top cast

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Martine Algier

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Edward Beggs

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Peter Coyote

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Ronnie Davis

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Debbie Dunlap

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Walter Garry

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Todd Gitlin

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William Hedgepeth

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Michael Horowitz

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Jeff Lustig

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Stan McDaniel

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Eugene Schoenfeld

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David Ogden Stiers

Narrator

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Calvin Welch

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