Plot
In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art.
Trailer
Cast
Jodie Foster
Narrator (voice)
Albert Brooks
Self
Ellen Burstyn
Self
Frank Rich
Self
Martin Scorsese
Self
Josh Brolin
Self
Oliver Stone
Self
James Risen
Self
James Wolcott
Self
Jefferson Cowie
Self
Bill Gates
Self
Joan Tewkesbury
Self
Kurt Andersen
Self
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Self
Seth Rogen
Self
Wesley Morris
Self
Naomi Fry
Self
Patton Oswalt
Self
Peter Bart
Self
Peter Biskind
Self
Rick Perlstein
Self
Sam Wasson
Self
Todd Boyd
Self
Robert Altman
Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)
David Brinkley
Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)
Johnny Carson
Self - Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (archive footage)
Kathy Carter
Self - Anti-Busing Activist (archive footage)
John Chancellor
Self - Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)
Frank Church
Self - Chairman, Senate Select Committee (archive footage)
Sue Connor
Self - Anti-Busing Activist (archive footage)
Rennie Davis
Self - Anti-War Activist & Venture Capitalist (archive footage)
Werner Erhard
Self - Founder, EST (archive footage)
Gerald Ford
Self - 38th President of the United States (archive footage)
Lynette Fromme
Self - Attempted Assassin of President Gerald Ford (archive footage)
Bob Hope
Self - Co-Host, 47th Academy Awards (archive footage)
Ken Kashiwahara
Self - ABC News Reporter (archive footage
Ted Kennedy
Self - Pro-Busing Senator (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)
Dan Rather
Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self - Former Governor of California (archive footage)
Geraldo Rivera
Self - Host, Good Night America (archive footage)
Felix Rohatyn
Self - Chairman, Municipal Assistance Corporation (archive footage)
Bert Schneider
Self - Producer, Hearts and Minds (archive footage)
Howard K. Smith
Self - Host, ABC Evening News (archive footage)
Mario Van Peebles
Self - Director, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (archive footage)
Sylvester Stallone
Self/Rocky/Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg
Self - Director of JAWS (archive footage)
Jack Nicholson
Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski
Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage)
Sidney Lumet
Self - Director of Dog day afternoon (archive footage)
Charles Bronson
Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage)
Richard Pryor
Self (archive footage)
Al Pacino
Sonny Wortzik (archive footage)
Robert De Niro
Travis Bickle (archive footage)
Gene Hackman
(archive footage)
Betty Ford
Self (archive footage)
