The Fall 1969
"Film as a Series of Historical Moments Seeking a Synthesis."
Overview
"The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by the independent filmmaker, Peter Whitehead. It is a very personal documentary, and Whitehead appears in a large number of scenes, and we hear his lengthy ruminations on the state of the United States and the war in Vietnam.
Director: Peter Whitehead
Cast
Peter Whitehead
Narrator (voice)
Alberta Tiburzi
Anna
Paul Auster
H. Rap Brown
Kwame Ture
Ossie Davis
Allen Ginsberg
Self
Tom Hayden
Angelo Mannsraven
Arthur C. Miller