Phil Ochs There But for Fortune (2010)

From civil rights to the antiwar movement to the struggles of workers folksinger Phil Ochs wrote topical songs that engaged his audiences in the issues of the 1960s and 70s In this biographical documentary veteran director Kenneth Bowser shows how Phils music and his fascinating life story and eventual decline into depression and suicide were intertwined with the historymaking events that defined a generation Even as his contemporaries moved into folkrock and pop music Phil followed his own vision challenging himself and his listeners Not one to pull punches Ochs never achieved the commercial success he desperately desired But his music remains relevant reaching new audiences in a generation that finds his themes all too familiar