Kent StateKent StateKent StateDerf Backderf, was 10 years old at the time of the incident.
He saw troops march through his town in 1970, and it left a deep impression on him.
by the bloody repression of the May 4 demonstration. In, he outlines the
portrait of the students who will be killed during the demonstration as well as
that of a member of the National Guard. His detailed description of the day
of May 4, 1970, shows how the incompetence of local officials led to
on a real butcher's shop. Derf Backderf spent three years on the production
of, he carried out real journalistic work and interviewed around ten
of people who took part in the demonstration. This is an extremely
gripping, poignant, a history lesson and a relentless demonstration of
the absurdity of using armed force to control
demonstrations.
