Gimme Shelter (1970)

Gimme Shelter (1970, 91 min.) The landmark Maysles Brothers documentary about the tragically ill-fated Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 — the day the Sixties died. Only four months earlier, Woodstock defined the Love Generation; now it lay in ruins on a desolate racetrack six miles outside of San Francisco. Before an estimated crowd of 300,000 people, the Stones headlined a free concert with security contracted out to the outlaw biker gang The Hell’s Angels. An atmosphere of fear and dread arose, leading ultimately to the death of a fan — and an era.