Generation on the Wind

{{short description|1979 film}}

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| name = Generation on the Wind

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| director = David Vassar

| producer = David Vassar
Andrew Finley

| writer = David Vassar
Andrew Finley

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| cinematography = John Hiller

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| distributor = PBS

| released = {{Film date|1979}}

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| country = United States

| language = English

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Generation on the Wind is a 1979 documentary film produced by David Vassar and Andrew Finley. The film is a character study centered on a rag tag group of young artists, mechanics and environmental activists who successfully built the largest electrical generating windmill in the world. The documentary required one year of shooting to finish the film.{{Cite news| volume = 11| issue = 4| pages = 28–30| last = Finley| first = Andrew M.| title = Making "Generation on the Wind"| work = Filmmakers Newsletter| accessdate = April 18, 2021| date = February 1978 | url = http://archive.org/details/sim_filmmakers_1978-02_11_4}} Generation on the Wind aired on PBS.{{Cite book| publisher = New York : Macmillan| isbn = 978-0-02-607070-6| last = Scheuer| first = Steven H.| title = TV, the television annual, 1978-79 : a complete record of American television from June 1, 1978 through May 31, 1979| accessdate = April 18, 2021| date = 1979| url = http://archive.org/details/isbn_0020818300|page=158}}{{Cite web| title = Films| work = Backcountry Pictures| accessdate = April 18, 2021| url = https://www.backcountrypictures.com/film-content}} It was then released to educational markets by Churchill Films.{{Cite news| volume = 38| issue = 2| pages = 7–13| last = Hitchens| first = Gordon| title = The Twenty-Third American Film Festival| work = Film News| accessdate = April 18, 2021| date = 1981| url = http://archive.org/details/sim_film-video-news_1981_summer_38_2}}