The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

Synopsis

Chris Marker and François Reichenbach document the massive anti–Vietnam War protest held in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1967, where more than 100,000 demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial before marching on the Pentagon. Filmed amid the crowd, the short captures the tension, idealism, and growing radicalism of the American peace movement.

Top cast

Henri de Turenne

Narrator (voice)

Chris Marker

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William Sloane Coffin

Paul Stookey

Mary Travers

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