For anyone over the age 50, it will probably be very difficult to watch Kenneth Bowser's
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune without feeling a strong tug of history and issues. So much of Ochs' work and life were tied to the great struggles of the 1960s and early ’70s that it's impossible to present his story without delving into those questions and that era headfirst -- but it is a story that proves worth telling, in all of its glory and tragedy. Ochs played many roles in the cultural and political life of the country (and, to a surprising degree, the world) across a career that lasted approximately 15 years -- folk singer, composer, activist, and provocateur at...
Released:
2010
Rated:
n/a
Length:
97 mins