‘Easy Rider’ desperate journey in search of freedom and tolerance opened in New York on July 14, 1969, and set the stage for the ‘New Hollywood.’

‘Easy Rider’ desperate journey in search of freedom and tolerance opened in New York on July 14, 1969, and set the stage for the ‘New Hollywood.’
“The Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969, when word of the murders on Cielo Drive traveled like brush fire through the community.” — Joan Didion