Youth '68 + The Cube

The ferment of the late 60s is abundantly reflected in these two TV productions from Jim Henson’s early years, showing in a rare double-bill.

First up is a documentary collage weaving together music, poetry and a range of perspectives on the youth boom (including Jefferson Airplane’s Marty Balin, who fondles a pistol throughout). Then from the following year, The Cube is a terrific single-set NBC drama about a man watching all human life parade through his white room, while continually thwarted in his own efforts to leave.