FILMUSIC: THE AIRWAVES BELONGED TO THE PEOPLE: WBCN and the AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Sun Jun 28, 7:30 pm @ Martha's Vineyard Film Center

$15 General Admission, $12 Member, $10 child (age 14 or younger)

Doors open for admissions 30 minutes prior to screening. Buy tickets at The Film Center or online now

Followed by a discussion with executive producer Robert Sennott

The film — newly re-released under its expanded title — tells the story of how a Boston rock radio station helped ignite the cultural and political revolution of the late 1960s and beyond, becoming both participant and platform for the anti-war movement, civil rights, women’s and LGBTQ rights, and the rise of countercultural media.

Featuring members of the legendary WBCN airstaff, along with rare early radio appearances by David Bowie, Lou Reed, Jane Fonda, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Garcia, Bruce Springsteen, and Patti Smith.

The film aired nationally on PBS and received coverage from major publications including The Boston Globe, which called it a film audiences “watch with awe.”

Directed by Peabody Award–winner Bill Lichtenstein, who began working at WBCN at age 14 in 1970.

“I watched the movie with awe . . .” — Ty Burr, Boston Sunday Globe

“Timely as all hell.” — Jared Rasic, Source Weekly, Bend, Oregon

“Captures the station’s rollicking spirit and free-form style,“ — Peter Keough, Boston Globe

ROBERT F. SENNOTT
Executive Producer

Rob Sennott is an entrepreneur, investor, and producer. Most recently, he was an Executive Producer of the documentary 76 Days Adrift, and WBCN The American Revolution, which was short-listed for the 2021 Academy Awards by The Wrap. He has built several real estate information service companies that sold to NYSE companies. Rob served on the board of The Upper Valley Haven, a housing shelter and food pantry in Hartford, Vermont, for six years. During that time, he innovated a funding effort by producing and promoting music concerts to raise awareness and capital for the Haven attracting artists Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie, Suzanne Vega, Little Feet, Bruce Hornsby, John Hiatt, Bud Guy, Cyndi Lauper, and more.