Co-presented by THEMUSEUM as part of their major Rolling Stones exhibition, UNZIPPED.
The landmark documentary about the tragically ill-fated Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969. Only four months earlier, Woodstock defined the Love Generation; now it lay in ruins on a desolate racetrack six miles outside of San Francisco.
“There’s no way to escape the image on the screen, nor deny its truth. We blew it at Altamont; GIMME SHELTER lets us watch ourselves blowing it, and makes us understand how and why. It’s a lot harder than it looks to make a film as good as this one.” – Rolling Stone
“The most disturbing, powerful, and inciteful moments
to be recorded on film of the young generation raised
on rock.” – NewsWeek
"A mesmerizing portrait of the love and drug generation.” – Wall Street Journal
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