Revolution '67

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Revolution '67 | image = | caption = | director = Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno | producer = Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno | writer = | starring = | music = | cinematography = Jerome Bongiorno | editing = Jerome Bongiorno | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2007}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = }}

'''''Revolution '67''''' is a 2007 documentary film about the black riots of the 1960s. With the philosophy of nonviolence giving way to the Black Power Movement, race riots were breaking out in Jersey City, Harlem, and Watts, Los Angeles. In 1967, black Newark, New Jersey taxi driver John Smith was arrested for a traffic violation and allegedly beaten and killed, precipitating the 1967 Newark riots. ''Revolution '67'' details Newark's reaction to the incident.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/revolution67/ PBS Synopsis]</ref>

''Revolution '67'' was produced, directed, shot and edited by Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno and was aired on PBS as part of its Point of View series.

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== External links == * [http://www.bongiornoproductions.com/REVOLUTION_67/REVOLUTION_67.html ''Revolution '67''] - Film's website * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070321223702/http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/revolution67/index.html P.O.V. ''Revolution '67''] - PBS's site dedicated to the film * {{IMDb title|1033496}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Revolution '67}} Category:2007 films Category:POV (TV series) films Category:Documentary films about African-American people Category:Documentary films about United States history Category:Films shot in Newark, New Jersey Category:Documentary films about New Jersey Category:2007 English-language films Category:2007 American films Category:English-language documentary films