The '60s
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Overview
The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam, Michael becomes involved in the civil rights movement and after campaigning for Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy becomes involved in radical politics, and Katie gets pregnant, moves to San Francisco and joins a hippie commune. Meanwhile, the Taylors are an African-American family living in the deep South. When Willie Taylor, a minister and civil rights organizer, is shot to death, his son Emmet moves to the city and eventually joins the Black Panthers, serving as a bodyguard for Fred Hampton.
Cast
Josh HamiltonMichael Herlihy
Julia StilesKatie Herlihy
Jerry O'ConnellBrian Herlihy
Jeremy SistoKenny Klein
Jordana BrewsterSarah Weinstock
Leonard RobertsEmmet Taylor
Bill SmitrovichBill Herlihy
Annie CorleyMary Herlihy
Donovan LeitchNeal Reynolds
David Alan GrierFred Hampton
Charles S. DuttonReverend Willie Taylor
Cliff GormanFather Daniel BerriganCrew
DirectorMark Piznarski
Details
Release DateFebruary 7, 1999
LanguagesEnglish
StudiosNBC Studios, Lynda Obst Productions
