Event Film and Video Screenings "Woodstock" (Warner Bros., 1970 – rated R*)

Date and Location

  • When: Saturday, August 10, 2019

    7:30 pm - 10:30 pm EDT

  • Where: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - Packard Campus Theater

    19053 Mount Pony Road, Culpeper, VA 22701-7551

All Packard Campus screenings are free and seating is on a walk-in basis. Learn more about the Packard Campus Theater

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This documentary by Michael Wadleigh, with editor/assistant director Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker (Scorsese's longtime editor), covers the historic rock "happening" in Woodstock, NY, and includes performances by Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who and another dozen performers. Its official slogan was "3 Days of Peace and Music ... An Aquarian Exposition." The film is distinguished by its innovative use of split frame visuals and a sound track that integrated and overlapped recordings from several sources at once. “Woodstock” was added to the National Film Registry in 1996. Digital presentation of the original 1970 version. 184 min. *No one under the age of 17 will be admitted without a parent or guardian.

Programs are free and open to the public, but children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Seating at the screenings is on a first-come, first-served basis unless otherwise noted. Short films may be shown before some features.

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