Rolling Stone: Stories From The Edge - Fifty Years of Music, Culture & Politics
Rolling Stone magazine set out to cover music, and the wider youth culture of the day some 50 years ago. It was where young people went to read about psychedelic rock, Vietnam, and Bob Dylan. 50 years later, the magazine had moved on to Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, and Bob Dylan. To capture the whole messy half-century of Rolling Stone - from small San Francisco counterculture rock outlet to glossy New York-based powerhouse, directors Alex Gibney and Blair Foster made a two-part documentary, which features Jeff Daniels as its narrator, and founder Jann Wenner as the executive producer.
Oscar-winner Alex Gibney's most recent musical project is his documentary on Frank Sinatra and Blair Foster won an Emmy for her work on the documentary George Harrison – Living in the Material World. They join us to pick out just a few of the stories behind some of the magazine’s biggest scoops, covers, and scandals: the John Lennon & Yoko cover, Ike & Tina Turner, and Ice T's provocative "Cop Killer," among others.
"Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge" airs on HBO, in two parts on Nov 6 and 7 at 9PM.
