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The Year That Trembled
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The Year That Trembled is a 1970 coming-of-age drama, war chronicle, and unconventional love story set in the shadow of the turbulent events at Kent State.
Three teenagers, fresh out of high school and fearful of the impending draft lottery, experience a summer of life-changing experiences. The story opens on May 2, 1970, as the teens find themselves caught up in the anti-Nixon upheaval at Kent State. Following a guerilla theater performance, they meet a young activist woman who takes refuge at their summer farmhouse, hoping to sidestep an FBI investigation triggered by the Kent shootings. Next door to their shared place, a young couple also struggle over war-related complications -- she loses her high school teaching job and he launches a civil suit on behalf of the Kent victims, hoping to avoid the draft while trying to follow in the footsteps of Bobby Kennedy.
All the while the draft lottery hovers over them like a helicopter with a passenger list they've yet to see. Confronted by the hypocrisy of the war and the complexities of the counter-culture, no one emerges unscathed. Choices are made; emotional boundaries are transgressed; and innocence is lost.
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