Date: Tuesday, September, 16, 2025
Time: 7:00pm ET
Venue: IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave, NYC
TRT: 81 minutes
On May 8, 1970, “the Hard Hat Riot” erupted in lower Manhattan. At midday, construction workers, including those building the World Trade Center, violently clashed with students demonstrating against the Vietnam War. It was soon clear that something larger was happening. Hard Hat Riot tells the story of a struggling metropolis, a flailing president, a divided people, and a bloody juncture when the nation violently diverged ― culminating in a new political and cultural landscape that radically redefined American politics and foreshadowed the future.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with writer/producers Marc Levin and Daphne Pinkerson, producers Mikaela Beardsley and Cary Woods, executive producer Cameo George and co-producer and film subject David Paul Kuhn.