| Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution | |
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| Directed by | David Oppenheim |
| Written by | Leonard Bernstein, David Oppenheim |
| Produced by | Pat Jaffe, David Oppenheim |
| Starring | Leonard Bernstein |
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Running time | 60 mins |
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution is a 1967 American television documentary by David Oppenheim about young pop and rock musicians producing music as "a symptom and generator" of social unrest and generation gaps. Hosted by Leonard Bernstein, it was commissioned by CBS and broadcast on April 25, 1967.[1] Musicians who appeared in the documentary included singer-songwriter Janis Ian, who performed her song "Society's Child", and Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson, who performed his song "Surf's Up".
Inside Pop followed other TV programs dedicated to contemporary rock, such as a 1966 ABC News special titled Anatomy of Pop,[2] but Oppenheim's documentary represented the first time that pop music had been presented on television as a genuine art form.[3] This acknowledgement coincided with a newfound appreciation, by cultural commentators and scholars, of the advances that the Beatles and other contemporary artists had made during the 1960s.[4][5]
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