America is Hard to See

Screening on Film

Directed by Emile de Antonio.
US, 1968, black & white, 101 min.

Although he was suspicious of most political figures, both Democrat and Republican, de Antonio felt compelled to make a film about Senator Eugene McCarthy and his bid for the presidency in 1968. Drawing its title from a Robert Frost poem, the film combines footage of the anti-war movement which mobilized around the Minnesota Senator, the Democratic Convention in Chicago and countless campaign stops across the country. Although McCarthy did not win the nomination, the film documents the senator’s pivotal role in what was arguably the most volatile presidential election in U.S. history.