The 50 Year Argument

The New York Review of Books was born in the debates of the 1960s, from Civil Rights to the Middle East, and has kept many debates alive and informed by its lengthy and thoughtful critiques, its independent polemical voices and the consistent engagement of major scholars and active readers. To commemorate this forum's semi-centennial, editor Robert Silvers asked reader Martin Scorsese (and collaborator David Tedeschi) to weave together archival footage and contemporary interviews into vivid, engaging living history.