Woodstock

The term “rockumentary” emerged in 1969, heralding a cinematic subgenre that would dominate the following decade. This rise paralleled rock music’s ascension as a cornerstone of global pop culture, fuelled by audiences craving unfiltered depictions of the “sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll” ethos—experiences the censored confines of television could not provide. That same year, an event crystallised rock history’s most fa…