There are plenty of concert films out there – literally dozens even just in the case of the Rolling Stones! – but very few can claim to document an actual cultural turning point the way GIMME SHELTER does, presenting the band at their very best against the backdrop of the tragic Altamont Free Concert, which came to represent a countercultural vibe shift in the final weeks of the 1960s.

Called the greatest rock film ever made, this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco’s Altamont Speedway, Direct Cinema pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin were there to immortalize on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade’s dreams into disillusionment. (Janus Films)

“A seminal rock doc, and the actual music is only a small part of the magic.” – Dallas Morning News

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