Berkeley is the story of Ben
Sweet (Nick Roth), an eighteen
year old middleclass boy who
comes to UC Berkeley in 1968
to study accounting and avoid
the draft. There begins an
odyssey through sex, drugs,
rock and roll, and political
activism which turns his
conservative world upside
down, and leaves him on a path
of exploratio
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Berkeley is the story of Ben
Sweet (Nick Roth), an eighteen
year old middleclass boy who
comes to UC Berkeley in 1968
to study accounting and avoid
the draft. There begins an
odyssey through sex, drugs,
rock and roll, and political
activism which turns his
conservative world upside
down, and leaves him on a path
of exploration and
self-discovery, far from the
life of his father, Sy (Henry
Winkler).

Director's Statement
Why did I make this film? Why
does anyone make any film? I
thought it was relevant, and
it was a journey for me to
explore why I became who I've
become. At eighteen, I was an
innocent. I won't say my whole
peer group was, but we weren't
afraid of so many things... we
were curious, hopeful, and as
I engaged in the anti-war
movement I felt more
empowered. I thought I could
have it all... make great
political films, travel, be an
intellectual and part of a
socialist revolution.

Like my protagonist, I went to
college because it was
expected of me. It was an
easier choice, because I
needed the student deferment
to avoid going to Viet Nam. In
high school I defended my
dad's Republicanism, and
within two years I was calling
him a 'capitalist pig.'

After I had dealt with my
divorce in JACK THE DOG, and
my sisters murder in MANHOOD,
I felt I should make a film
about my transformation from
nice, middleclass Jewish boy
to long-haired radical
filmmaker; not because I
thought myself so remarkable,
but because I thought I was so
very much a symbol of my
generation. At the same time,
my son, Nick was entering
college and had decided to go
to Berkeley and study
Philosophy.

It seemed a wonderful idea to
collaborate with Nick and
revisit a time like no other.
Looking back, my choices
seemed so arbitrary. I
remembered a great deal, but
understood very little.

All I knew was I started
college as a conservative who
would play golf and go into
his dad's carpet business, and
ended it uncertain, having
abandoned golf and exploring
the possibility that I might
be a poet or a novelist. I
still have my doubts, but
thirty-five years later I
remain grateful for every
young man and woman who
crossed my path. They all left
their mark on my memory, and
guided me a bit to the music.
At Berkeley I learned to fly.

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