Chicago 1968
60 mins
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.
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 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
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)
Wayne Hays
Self - Representative, Ohio (archive footage)
Eugene McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
Theodore Sorensen
Self - Convention Speaker (archive footage)
Chana Gazit
Writer
Judy Crichton
Executive Producer
Margaret Drain
Producer
Chana Gazit
Producer
Larry Lecain
Producer
Bob M. McCausland
Producer
Susan Mottau
Coordinating Producer
Chas Norton
Producer
David Rattray
Associate Producer
David Steward
Co-Producer
Joseph Tovares
Editor
Joel Shapiro
Cinematography
David Steward
Editor
Alison Kennedy
Production Design
Chris Pullman
Production Design
Frank Capria
Post Production Supervisor
Mari Lou Granger
Unit Manager
Alfred Livecchi
Sound
Roger Phenix
Sound
Bernard Russo
Sound
Peter Stader
Sound Editor
Russell Steward
Visual Effects
Melissa Painter
Gaffer
Jessica Maria Tuccelli
Gaffer
Alex Radnoti
Animation
Maureen Barden Lynch
Production Assistant
Rebecca Barnes
Production Assistant
Jim Dalglish
Colorist
Tom Emmenegger
Online Editor
Carol A. Ross
Assistant Editor
Joanna Baker
Publicist
Jonathan Daitch
Production Assistant
Nancy Farrell
Administration
David Grubin
Creative Consultant
Kevin Kenny
Research Assistant
Megan Lukas
Researcher
Michael Mertz
Research Assistant
Daphne B. Noyes
Publicist
Holly Price
Research Assistant
Stacy Pucillo
Controller
Helen R. Russell
Administration
Ann Scott
Administration
Alison Smith
Legal Services
Chana Gazit
Director