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Gimme Shelter 
Era-Defining Documentary
3.5/4 stars

An excellent documentary featuring one of my favorite bands in one of their darkest hours. Altamont was supposed to be another Woodstock, but mixing Hells Angels and an unruly drug-fueled crowd is a recipe for disaster. The Music is great, and watching the organized chaos is frightfully effective. The emotions are genuine and you get a sense this was one of those events that closed the door on the free-love days of the 60s and ushered in a new, less altruistic era of the 70s.

Gimme Shelter is both a triumph and a tragedy, one that no music or documentary fan should miss.

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