In 1968, a wave swept across the planet. In reality, this wave began to form earlier, in 1965, in the United States, with the struggles for civil rights and the first student movements against the Vietnam War. And it broke a few years later, in 1975, amidst the clamor of all kinds of movements or the bloodshed of armed struggle. Youth around the world revolted against the life offered to them. Society, culture: the rejection was complete. The world that was recreated after the Second World War turned too slowly. The demand: nothing less than a new society. The means: an endemic and protean contestation, carried by a new generation highly critical of traditional societies, considered colonialist and authoritarian, frozen and hierarchical, freedom-destroying and moralizing. The result: a world in turmoil, in struggle, in war, and in resistance.

Fifty years later, many questions remain. Between nostalgic evocations of former combatants and ideological attacks, how can we analyze, today, this movement that marked a turning point in history? What might its legacy and resonances be? One thing is certain: the phenomenon was global. Rome, San Francisco, Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, São Paulo, Algiers, London... The revolts that invaded the streets of major cities are countless. It was a moment of planetary change that this series proposes to revisit. It recounts the feverish movement that took place in the decade between 1965 and 1975, when everything seemed possible, in euphoria and violence, but whose legacy is still controversial.

Documentary series.

2018, 4 x 52 minutes.

Directed by: Don Kent.

Executive production: Fernando Dias, Mauricio Dias and Christian Beetz.

Exhibition: Arte/ZDF (France/Germany) and Canal Curta! (Brazil).

Co-produced by Grifa Filmes, Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion (Germany), Oya Films AS (Norway) and Artline Films (France).