“This is not Saigon…This is Newark, New Jersey.” This opening salvo in Revolution‘67 reflects the intensity of the tumultuous race riots during the so-called “Summer of Love.” As social activist Tom Hayden points out, everyone talks about the 1960s—the Civil Rights movement, the sexual revolution, the hippie counter-culture—but no one discusses the “500 urban rebellions,” which swept through America’s urban centers over the course of a decade. This film probes the shadowy underbelly of the era’s popular mythologies through its careful scrutiny of Newark’s riots, which ignited on July 12, 1967, when a cab driver was arrested and beaten for committing a minor traffic violation. Exhaustive in its coverage, Revolution‘67 explores the uprising’s social, economic, and political contexts. Accompanied by a pulsating jazz score, the visual artistry of Revolution ‘67 deftly fuses compelling interviews and harrowing archival footage with pulpy animation, revealing American history as a kind of graphic novel.  TW