John Scher

Woodstock 1969 promised peace and music, but its '99 revival delivered days of rage, riots and real harm. Why did it go so horribly wrong?

Woodstock 99 began as a three-day festival that promised to echo the countercultural unity and idealism of the original 1969 Woodstock but instead descended into mayhem and ultimately became known as "the day the nineties died." This film examines the grim outcome of the infamous festival, where misguided ambition, cost-cutting measures, and white toxic masculinity created a breeding ground for riots, looting, and sexual violence.