Creating Woodstock film screening

105 SW 26th St.,Corvallis OR 97331

09 March, 2022

Description

The School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and the Octave Levenspiel Lecture Series Present: Creating Woodstock The film will be introduced by Greg Herman. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the executive producer, Ivan Williams. For three days in August 1969, nearly a half-million young people descended upon Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York for the rock ‘n’ roll event that defined a generation. Mythologized for 50 years, the filmmakers set the record straight with "Creating Woodstock,” the most comprehensive examination of how the festival came to be using original interviews with key figures, rare archival footage and unearthed photographs. The founders of Woodstock Ventures--John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Michael Lang, and Artie Kornfeld—along with the best production talent on either coast, including John Morris, Bill Belmont, Mel Lawrence, and Chip Monck recall moments from the initial idea for the festival, to the search for a suitable site and then the race to build a venue, promote the event and, most importantly, book the bands. Find out why the Grateful Dead wanted a “do over" and Crosby, Stills & Nash weren’t going to show up, why The Who refused to play and Jimi Hendrix almost didn’t make it, and how it turned into a free concert. Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie, and Leslie West recount their experiences, including performing on a stage that nearly collapsed, and learn how a 15-year-old girl may have saved the festival from being shut down entirely! FILM HISTORY: CREATING WOODSTOCK is the culmination of three decades of inquiry, exploration, and discovery of never before seen private film and video footage, uncovered official photography, newspaper editorials and feature articles. The resurrection of original site blueprints and, most importantly, tens of hours of in depth on camera interviews with the very people who made it all happen. Those who were there from the very beginning, to the exact moment the last festival goer stepped off of Max Yasgur's once pastural alfalfa field. This event is part of the Octave Levenspiel Distinguished Lecture series. This year's lecture will be held on March 8. For registration information on the talk visit Beav.es/wGM. Learn more about Oregon State University's School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at https://cbee.oregonstate.edu/.