‘Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation’ Trailer: Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Barak Goodman Brings The Concert To Life In New Doc

Ask anyone that attended the first Woodstock concert in 1969, and they’ll tell you that the festival was something that truly can never be replicated again. Nope, not even at Coachella. The event was supposed to be attended by tens of thousands of people, but by the time the festival began, hundreds of thousands of young people crowded the streets, abandoned their cars, and camped out to enjoy the greatest concert event of all time.

And in the new film “Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation,” audiences will see just how revolutionary the festival was through the use of never-before-seen footage and first-hand accounts.

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The documentary is directed by Barak Goodman. For those not familiar with his work, Goodman is the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning director of various documentaries and docuseries throughout the last two decades. He’s proven to have the skill necessary to bring such an expansive and fascinating story to the big screen.

“Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation” is set to debut next week at the Tribeca Film Festival before arriving in theaters on May 24.

Here’s the synopsis:

In August 1969—against a backdrop of a nation in conflict over sexual politics, civil rights, and the Vietnam War—half a million people converged on a small dairy farm in upstate New York to hear the concert of a lifetime. What they experienced was a moment that would spark a cultural revolution, changing many of them and the country forever.

With never-before-seen footage, WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS THAT DEFINED A GENERATION tells the story of the political and social upheaval leading up to those three historic days, as well as the extraordinary events of the concert itself, when near disaster put the ideals of the counterculture to the test. What took place in that teaming mass of humanity — the rain-soaked, starving, tripping, half-a-million strong throng of young people — was nothing less than a miracle of unity, a manifestation of the “peace and love” the festival had touted, and a validation of the counterculture’s promise to the world. Who were these kids? What experiences and stories did they carry with them to Bethel, New York that weekend, and how were they changed by their time in the muck and mire of Max Yasgur’s farm? Directed by award-winning filmmaker Barak Goodman and written by Goodman and Don Kleszy, WOODSTOCK takes us back to the three days that defined a generation.