Movie Description:
On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, thefirst and only Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward- capturing adecade`s spirit and ushering ina new era of rock and roll. Monterey would launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but theywere just a few among a wildly diverse cast including Simon and Garfunkel, The Mamas and the Papas, The Who, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary RaviShankar. With his characteristic verite style, D.A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing those moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend destroyinghis guitar; Jimi Hendrix burning his.