The Story: This explosive mini-series focuses on two families - one white, the other black - and the struggles they face through modern America's most turbulent decade. The war in Vietnam, the Watts riot, the civil rights and anti-war movements, drugs and Woodstock are among the key events faced by the family members. "I talked to a lot of people, my parents and their friends. I watched a lot of documentaries on the '50s, because that was when my character would have been raised and that was what would have caused the rebellion. It was much more strict on what you were allowed to do and what you weren't allowed to do. My character bought into that until she went to Haight Ashbury and started coming into her own more then. My father was a great help; he grew up in that generation." Josh Hamilton played a research tech in The Bourne Identity In 2000 NBC followed up with The 70's, which starred Amy Smart |