Showing of Jim Henson's television experiment "Youth '68" and discussion: Everything's changing... or maybe it isn't!

Karen Falk, Archives Director, The Jim Henson Company

Showing of Jim Henson's television experiment "Youth '68" and discussion: Everything's changing... or maybe it isn't!
Sunday, March 6, 2016 . 6PM
Courtesy of The Jim Henson Company Archives
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Karen Falk, Archives Director, The Jim Henson Company

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Presented in conjunction with The Jim Henson Legacy, this experiment in television produced and directed by Henson precedes the work that more commonly defines his legacy. Only aired once, and only screened once by The Jim Henson Legacy, this film was originally described as an “exciting mixed media portrait” of the youth and their culture in 1968. Youth ’68 is a collage of interviews, literary quotations, and contemporaneous popular music and modern dance. The notable artists interviewed include members of Jefferson Airplane, Mamas & the Papas, The Journeymen, Happy Apples, and Vanilla Fudge. John Vorhees in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, called it, “…a fascinating groovy hour that bears repeating…”