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The Strawberry Statement is a 1970 film about the Columbia University protests of 1968 through the eyes of Simon, a student who joins the takeover of Hamilton Hall - initially to attract passioned female students, but later to make a real change. The Strawberry Statement captures the college years as well as any film I've seen. It understands the balance between those first tastes of freedom and what that means to a young person in discovering just who they are, while knowing that there are responsibilities in our path ahead that can't be avoided. The Strawberry Statement features an evocative period soundtrack that includes John Lennon, Buffy St. Marie, and various incarnations of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. (This same soundtrack and its attendant copyright issues have contributed to the film's sporadic releases for home viewing over the years). Hagmann also uses other ambient sounds. The Strawberry Statement is a 1970 cult film about the counterculture and student revolts of the 1960s, loosely based on the non-fiction book by James Simon Kunen about the Columbia University protests of 1968 The Strawberry Statement is a 1970 American drama film and cult film about the counterculture and student revolts of the 1960s, loosely based on the non-fiction book by James Simon Kunen (who has a cameo appearance in the film) about the Columbia University protests of 1968. ???????(??????????:The Strawberry Statement)????????? ?????????(James Simon Kunen)??????????????? THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENT is a movie about a rather small, if heavily publicized, slice of The Sixties -- and a rather wishy-washy film for all the sly humor that promises so much for the first 90 minutes, and then falters. The Strawberry Statement is one of only two features that Stuart Hagmann directed after launching his career with episodes for television shows like Mannix (1968-9) and Mission: Impossible (1969), and his TV training is visible in the movie's brightly lit, quick-cutting sty