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‘Gimme Shelter’: Altamont, Hells Angels & The “Dark Underbelly” Of The 1960s; Producer Porter Bibb Looks Back At The Rolling Stones Doc On 50th Anniversary

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Gimme Shelter, directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwein, is widely considered one of the greatest music documentaries of all time.The film, which chronicled The Rolling Stones U.S.

tour in 1969, culminating in the Altamont Free Concert in San Francisco, premiered 50 years ago this week and comes 51 years after the controversial show, which led to the death of Meredith Hunter at the hands of the Hells Angels.Gimme Shelter captures on screen both how the concert was put together as well as the moment that Hunter was stabbed by the bikers, who were providing security at the event.The film explores a fascinating moment in time, the end of the 1960s and the peace and love explosion, coming months after Woodstock, and showcases

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