Growing Up in America

{{short description|1988 Canadian documentary film}} {{Infobox film | name = Growing Up in America | image = | caption = Film poster | director = [[Morley Markson]] | producer = Morley Markson<br>[[Don Haig]] | writer = Morley Markson | starring = | music = | cinematography = Morley Markson | editing = Morley Markson | studio = Morley Markson & Associates | distributor = | released = {{film date|1988|09|15|[[1988 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]}} | runtime = 84 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = }}

'''''Growing Up in America''''' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by [[Morley Markson]] and released in 1988.<ref>Ina Warren, "From the '60s to the '80s; Markson's growing up at the International Festival". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', October 30, 1988.</ref> A sequel to his 1971 film ''[[Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family]]'', the film profiles many of the same 1960s radical figures who had been featured in the original film, and the "[[yippies]] to [[yuppies]]" transformation that many of them had undergone by the 1980s.<ref>Noel Taylor, "Yippies revisited to show those shaggy radicals have matured". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', December 9, 1988.</ref>

Figures appearing in the film include [[Donald L. Cox]], [[Allen Ginsberg]], [[Fred Hampton]], [[Fred Hampton Jr.]], [[Abbie Hoffman]], [[William Kunstler]], [[Timothy Leary]], [[Jerry Rubin]] and [[John Sinclair (poet)|John Sinclair]].

The film premiered in the Canadian Perspective stream at the [[1988 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>John Fitzgerald, "Jeremy Irons stars in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers, the blood-red entry in 1988's colorful Festival of Festivals lineup". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', August 26, 1988.</ref> In conjunction with the film's premiere, Hoffman performed a two-night stand-up comedy stint at Toronto's [[Horseshoe Tavern]].<ref>Vit Wagner, "Abbie tickles Canada with tales of Hoffman". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', September 9, 1988.</ref>

The film received a [[Genie Award]] nomination for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary|Best Feature Length Documentary]] at the [[10th Genie Awards]] in 1989.<ref>[[Jay Scott]], "Cronenberg film earns a dozen nominations: Dead Ringers tops Genie list". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', February 14, 1989.</ref> The film had its television premiere on [[First Choice (pay-tv)|First Choice]] in June 1989.<ref>John Haslett Cuff, "Celebrating '60s idealism and energy". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', June 8, 1989.</ref>

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==External links== * {{official website|https://morleymarkson.com/morleymarkson_website/Growing_Up....html}} * {{IMDb title|0093121}}

[[Category:1988 films]] [[Category:1988 documentary films]] [[Category:Canadian documentary films]] [[Category:1988 English-language films]] [[Category:1988 Canadian films]] [[Category:English-language documentary films]]