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Growing Up in America
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'Growing Up in America' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Morley Markson and released in 1988.Ina Warren, "From the '60s to the '80s; Markson's growing up at the International Festival". 'Ottawa Citizen', October 30, 1988. A sequel to his 1971 film 'Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family', the film profiles many of the same 1960s radical figures who had been featured in the original film, and the "yippies to yuppies" transformation that many of them had undergone by the 1980s.Noel Taylor, "Yippies revisited to show those shaggy radicals have matured". 'Ottawa Citizen', December 9, 1988.
Figures appearing in the film include Don Cox, Allen Ginsberg, Fred Hampton, Fred Hampton Jr., Abbie Hoffman, William Kunstler, Timothy Leary, Jerry Rubin and John Sinclair.
The film premiered in the Canadian Perspective stream at the 1988 Toronto International Film Festival.John Fitzgerald, "Jeremy Irons stars in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers, the blood-red entry in 1988's colorful Festival of Festivals lineup". 'The Globe and Mail', August 26, 1988. In conjunction with the film's premiere, Hoffman performed a two-night stand-up comedy stint at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern.Vit Wagner, "Abbie tickles Canada with tales of Hoffman". 'Toronto Star', September 9, 1988.
The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989.Jay Scott, "Cronenberg film earns a dozen nominations: Dead Ringers tops Genie list". 'The Globe and Mail', February 14, 1989. The film had its television premiere on First Choice in June 1989.John Haslett Cuff, "Celebrating '60s idealism and energy". 'The Globe and Mail', June 8, 1989.
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