Chicago 1968

Chicago 1968 (1995)

Documentary History

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.

  • Release Date: 1995-11-13
  • Runtime: 1h 0min
  • Director: Chana Gazit

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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)

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