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May Days
May Days
7.6
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MAY DAYS

Grands soirs et petits matins

Directed by William Klein
Canada, 1978
Documentary

Synopsis

William Klein filmed the meetings, barricades, debates, lectures, and the occupations in universities during May 1968. Some important people of that time like Daniel Cohn-Bendit appear.

Synopsis

William Klein filmed the meetings, barricades, debates, lectures, and the occupations in universities during May 1968. Some important people of that time like Daniel Cohn-Bendit appear.

Our take

A dynamic chronicle from within the May ‘68 protests in Paris and vital time-capsule of the urgent mood of radicalism in this historic moment. With his handheld camera and canny ability to be where he needs to be, William Klein’s May Days drops you right in the middle of the action.