The Dinkytown Uprising (2015)
• April 12th, 2015 • 1h 36min
Documentary
Overview
The year is 1970 and the disastrous Vietnam War keeps escalating. Protests are erupting all over U.S. campuses. But in Minneapolis, word that the national Red Barn Restaurant chain wants to erect a new fast-food franchise in old, venerable Dinkytown, the “war at home” takes a different turn. This stunning documentary chronicles the unprecedented 40-day, 40-night continuous Dinkytown “Occupation” to prevent construction of an unwanted hamburger joint. From film programmer-turned-filmmaker Al Milgrom, the story is recounted by seven participants whose varied reminiscences about defending the neighborhood becomes a microcosm of the memorable ‘70’s Generation. Music featured in the film by Bob Dylan, Willie Murphy.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Fahrenheit 9/11
Released on: 2004-06-25
Documentary
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push...
An Inconvenient Truth
Released on: 2006-05-24
Documentary
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwi...
The Red Princess
Released on: 2022-04-04
Documentary
Who is Kim Yo-jong? In a context of maximum tensions between North Korea and the United States, Pier...
In Search of Dracula
Released on: 2020-01-03
Documentary
Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep com...
James May's Top Toys
Released on: 2005-12-21
Documentary
James May presents a celebration of the toys which have survived across the decades, including Mecca...
The Trial
Released on: 2018-05-17
Documentary
The impeachment and removal from office of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 was triggered ...
Pixies: Gouge
Released on: 2004-04-27
Music, Documentary
Gouge - a documentary tracing The Pixies' story featuring interviews with Bono, David Bowie, Thom Yo...
It Felt Like a Kiss
Released on: 2009-07-02
History, Music, Documentary
The story of America's rise to power starting with 1959, using archival footage and US pop music to ...
Better Off Dead?
Released on: 2024-05-14
Documentary, TV Movie
A documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr.
Puppet Masters
Released on: 2010-03-15
Documentary
Unfulfilled promises of politicians, victims of the system, backstage of election campaign.
Stolen Kosovo
Released on: 2008-03-17
Documentary
Stolen Kosovo is a Czech language documentary by director Václav Dvořák (b. 1948), about the Serbian...
The 50 Year Argument
Released on: 2014-06-07
Documentary
Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review...
Blood Amber
Released on: 2017-08-23
Documentary
Somewhere in Myanmar is a forest rich in amber and controlled by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)....
Red, White and Blue
Released on: 1971-03-01
Documentary
A documentary about the hearings of President Nixon's Commission on Obscenity, featuring adult-film ...
The Feminist Library
Released on: 2016-09-17
Documentary
The Feminist Library: A Short Film was made in support of the Save the Feminist Library Campaign, do...
The Beast Is Still Alive
Released on: 2016-11-11
Animation, Documentary, History
A young Bulgarian girl digs into her grandfather's turbulent life in an attempt to unravel the past ...
Leninland
Released on: 2013-11-30
Documentary
At the peak of Perestroika, in 1987, in the village of Gorki, where Lenin spent his last years, afte...
The American Question
Released on: 2024-10-29
Documentary
An 8-year journey into divided America, The American Question examines the insidious roots of polari...