Milestones (1975 film)

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Milestones
Directed by Robert Kramer
John Douglas
Written byRobert Kramer
Produced byBarbara Stone
David Stone
Starring Mary Chapelle
Sharon Krebs
Jim Nolfi
Grace Paley
Susie Solf
David C. Stone
Joe Stork
Paul Zimet
CinematographyRobert Kramer
John Douglas
Edited byRobert Kramer
John Douglas
Release date
  • 1975 (1975)
Running time
3 hours 18 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000

Milestones is a 1975 American drama film directed by Robert Kramer and John Douglas. [1]

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"A many-faceted portrait of those individuals who sought radical solutions to social problems in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. It cuts back and forth between six major story lines and more than fifty characters, and across a vast landscape, to explore the lifestyles and attitudes of the American left who faced both personal and historical transitions in the period following the Vietnam War." said Laurence Kardish, curator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. [2]

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References

  1. Douglas, John; Kramer, Robert (1975-10-08), Milestones, Mary Chapelle, Sharon Krebs, Jim Nolfi, retrieved 2018-08-13
  2. Milestones (1975) , retrieved 2018-08-13