Documentary

The Sixties

"The decade that changed the world."

The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history -- and changed the world. In collaboration with Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, CNN explores perhaps the most transformative decade of the modern era in a 10-part documentary series and brings new insights into how those events shaped today.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

The Sixties

First Air Date

May 29, 2014

Last Air Date

August 7, 2014

Seasons

1

Episodes

10

Language

English

Production Companies

PlaytoneCNN Films

Networks

CNN

Sex, Drugs, and Rock N’ Roll (1960 – 1969)
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Sex, Drugs, and Rock N’ Roll (1960 – 1969)

American culture changed fundamentally from the beginning to the end of the 1960s as the tastes, morals, and politics of the Baby Boomer generation came to define America. Jann Wenner, Grace Slick, David Wild, Leonard Steinhorn, Tom Wolfe, Douglas Brinkley, Tom Hanks, and more describe how beatniks, Haight-Ashbury, Andy Warhol, Timothy Leary, hippies, and Hell’s Angels became counter-cultural touchstones that still resonate today.

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