The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadvertently achieved success on their own terms. Never-before-seen footage and interviews offer this unprecedented and unvarnished look at the life of the Dead.

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Cast

Jerry Garcia

Self (archive footage)

Bob Weir

Self

Mickey Hart

Self

Bill Kreutzmann

Self

Phil Lesh

Self

Brent Mydland

Self (archive footage)

Donna Godchaux

Self (archive footage)

Al Franken

Self