American Experience looks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Vice President Hubert Humphrey won his party's nomination for president amid massive civil unrest and violence perpetrated by Chicago Police and anti-Vietnam War protesters.
Cast
David McCullough
Self - Host
William Stanley Merwin
Self - Narrator (voice)
Tom Wicker
Self - Journalist
Albert Eisele
Self - Biographer
Ted Van Dyk
Self - Humphrey Staff
Marilyn Katz
Self - Antiwar Activist
David Dellinger
Self - Antiwar Activist
David Farber
Self - Historian
Roger Wilkins
Self - US Justice Department
Joel Weisman
Self - Chicago Journalist
David Stahl
Self - Chicago Deputy Mayor
Abe Peck
Self - Anitwar Activist
Thomas Foran
Self - US Attorney, Illinois
Rennie Davis
Self - Antiwar Activist
Richard Samuel
Self - McCarthy Delegate
William Frapolly
Self - Undercover Police
Mike Spiegel
Self - Antiwar Activist
Frank Sullivan
Self - Police Spokesman
Tom Hayden
Self - Antiwar Activist
Reuven Frank
Self - NBC News
David Ginsburg
Self - Humphrey Staff
Edward Collins
Self - Chicago Police
Bill Ayers
Self - Antiwar Activist
Jean Wallin
Self - McCarthy Delegate
Joseph Alioto
Self - Mayor, San Francisco (archive footage)
Richard J. Daley
Self (archive footage)
Wayne Hays
Self - Representative, Ohio (archive footage)
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self (archive footage)
Eugene McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Salinger
Self - Convention Speaker (archive footage)
Theodore Sorensen
Self - Convention Speaker (archive footage)
Crew
Chana Gazit
Director, Writer, Producer
Joseph Tovares
Editor
David Steward
Editor, Co-Producer
Tom Emmenegger
Online Editor
Carol A. Ross
Assistant Editor
Joel Shapiro
Cinematography
Jim Dalglish
Colorist
Judy Crichton
Executive Producer
Margaret Drain
Producer
Larry Lecain
Producer
Bob M. McCausland
Producer
Chas Norton
Producer
David Rattray
Associate Producer
Maureen Barden Lynch
Production Assistant
Rebecca Barnes
Production Assistant
Jonathan Daitch
Production Assistant
Alison Kennedy
Production Design
Chris Pullman
Production Design
Frank Capria
Post Production Supervisor
Alex Radnoti
Animation
Peter Stader
Sound Editor
Ken Hahn
Sound Mixer
Alfred Livecchi
Sound
Roger Phenix
Sound
Bernard Russo
Sound
Russell Steward
Visual Effects
David Grubin
Creative Consultant
Stacy Pucillo
Controller
Melissa Painter
Gaffer
Jessica Maria Tuccelli
Gaffer
Mary Dore
Researcher
Megan Lukas
Researcher
Mari Lou Granger
Unit Manager
Alison Smith
Legal Services
Joanna Baker
Publicist
Daphne B. Noyes
Publicist
Nancy Farrell
Administration
Helen R. Russell
Administration
Ann Scott
Administration
Susan Mottau
Coordinating Producer
Kevin Kenny
Research Assistant
Michael Mertz
Research Assistant
Holly Price
Research Assistant