This film explores how two shootings defined the student protest movement

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In May 1970, four students at Kent State University were killed by the National Guard during a protest against the Vietnam War. It would be difficult to overstate the role this event has played in American cultural memory. Among the many works of art inspired by the shooting, from documentaries to YA novels, Neil Young’s Ohio is regularly ranked as one of the greatest protest songs of all time, if not the very best. Along with the Manson murders and Altamont (a 1969 festival,hellip;read more raquo;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;View Gallery (23 images)nbsp;