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Apr 27, 1990 · In Gadsden, the memories of Kent State are of a long day’s film shoot and getting paid $35 a day to protest Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia. To Gadsden residents, the movie represented a chance to be famous, for at least a second while a camera panned across a crowd of actors reliving the Kent State tragedy.
Kent State: Directed by James Goldstone. With Jane Fleiss, Charley Lang, Talia Balsam, Keith Gordon. Based on the true story of the student protests at Kent State University in Ohio. This film focuses on the four students who were killed when the National Guard attempted to quell the riots that began on May 4, 1970, after President Nixon ...
Kent State. The administration at the real Kent State University would not allow the movie to be filmed on their campus. Gadsden State Junior College in Alabama was chosen because of its remarkable similarity (at the time) to Kent State University. Filmed on location in Gadsden, Alabama.
Oct 12, 2022 · Akron Beacon Journal. 0:05. 0:45. The May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University will be the subject of a new movie. Scheduled to begin filming in November, “Kent State” will tell the story of how “a family’s buried past coincides with the brutal truth of one of the most significant events in American history.”.
Jan 28, 1981 · “Kent State,” the NBC made-for-television movie that was to air on Jan. 4 and 5, has been rescheduled to Feb. 8, Dr. J. Gregory Payne, historical consultant for the film said. “The producers felt that the first two hours of the fourhour film was moving too slowly,” Payne said.
