Monterey Pop

This concert film celebrates the groundbreaking music of the historic 1967 Monterey Pop Festival in California. Though not all performers from the iconic event are featured, audiences can still revel in memorable performances by legendary artists like the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis Redding, and a young Jimi Hendrix. The film particularly captures Hendrix's electrifying post-performance antics: he lights his guitar on fire, smashes it, and even throws a piece into the crowd—a moment that would come to define rock 'n' roll rebellion. This is a thrilling time capsule of the 1960s music scene and a testament to the power of music as a cultural force.