The '60s

Synopsis

The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam, Michael becomes involved in the civil rights movement and after campaigning for Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy becomes involved in radical politics, and Katie gets pregnant, moves to San Francisco and joins a hippie commune. Meanwhile, the Taylors are an African-American family living in the deep South. When Willie Taylor, a minister and civil rights organizer, is shot to death, his son Emmet moves to the city and eventually joins the Black Panthers, serving as a bodyguard for Fred Hampton.

Cast

Josh Hamilton

Michael Herlihy

Julia Stiles

Katie Herlihy

Jerry O'Connell

Brian Herlihy

Jeremy Sisto

Kenny Klein

Jordana Brewster

Sarah Weinstock

Leonard Roberts

Emmet Taylor

Bill Smitrovich

Bill Herlihy

Annie Corley

Mary Herlihy

Donovan Leitch

Neal Reynolds

David Alan Grier

Fred Hampton

Charles S. Dutton

Reverend Willie Taylor

Cliff Gorman

Father Daniel Berrigan

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April Mills

Constance

Marc Blucas

Buddy Wells

Jenna Byrne

Melissa

Carnie Wilson

Mama Earth

Kimberly Scott

Althea Taylor

Sara Van Horn

Sister Elisabeth

Chonique Sneed

Dancer

John C. Meier

Cop #3

Crew

Art

• Vincent Jefferds Production Design
• Dawn Snyder Art Direction
• Denise Pizzini Set Decoration
• Ellen Totleben Set Decoration
• Eric Sundahl Set Designer

Camera

• Michael D. O'Shea Director of Photography
• Clinton Dougherty Camera Operator
• Michael A. Chavez Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Mary-Anne Aston Costume Supervisor
• Steven Mack Hair Department Head
• June Brickman Makeup Artist
• Michele Teleis-Fickle Makeup Artist
• Kanani Wolf Set Costumer
• Florence-Isabelle Megginson Costume Design

Directing

• Adell Aldrich Script Supervisor
• Tony Adler First Assistant Director
• Melanie Grefé Second Assistant Director
• Catherine Bond Second Second Assistant Director

Editing

• Robert Frazen Editor

Production

• Jim Chory Producer
• Lynda Obst Executive Producer
• Molly Lopata Casting
• John 'Jake' Jacobson Unit Production Manager

Sound

• Brian Adler Original Music Composer
• Jed Feuer Original Music Composer
• Dana Millman Music Supervisor
• Jim Henrikson Music Editor
• Kenn Fuller Sound
• Bob Costanza Sound Editor
• Mark Allen Sound Effects Editor

Seasons & episodes