Hard Hat Riot (2025)
On May 8, 1970, construction workers violently clashed with students demonstrating against the Vietnam War in lower Manhattan. The workmen, who came to be known as “hardhats,” were at the cutting edge of a new kind of class war. With the war in Vietnam raging on, it was the sons of the working class who were doing most of the fighting. Workmen saw the protesting students as privileged “draft dodgers” disparaging the country and those who fought for it. On the other side, many student activists saw the workers as pawns, unwilling to see the changes that America needed. Hard Hat Riot tells the story of a struggling metropolis, a flailing president, a divided people, and a bloody juncture when the nation violently diverged ― culminating in a new political and cultural landscape that radically redefined American politics and foreshadowed the future.
Director: Marc Levin
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/hard-hat-riot/
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Richard Nixon as Self |
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John V. Lindsay as Self |
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David Kuhn as Self |
| Production | Cameo George | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Marc Levin | Director |
| Writing | Marc Levin | Writer |
| Production | Marc Levin | Producer |
| Writing | Daphne Pinkerson | Writer |
| Production | Daphne Pinkerson | Producer |
| Production | Cary Woods | Producer |
| Editing | Henry Moskowitz | Editor |
| Editing | Ken Sirulnick | Colorist |
| Production | Mikaela Beardsley | Producer |
| Production | David Kuhn | Co-Producer |
| Writing | David Kuhn | Book |
| Production | Elisa Annenberg-Paglia | Production Assistant |
