Monterey Pop (1968) (NR)

synopsis

On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the beginning of the Summer
of Love, the first Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward,
capturing a decade's spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and
roll. Monterey featured career-making performances by Jimi Hendrix,
Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few among a
wildly diverse cast that included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and
the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary
Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic ve´rite´ style, D. A. Pennebaker
captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete
Townshend destroying his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his