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A uniquely American voice of protest and patriotism comes back to life in Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune, a feature-length documentary opening today at the Smith Rafael Film Center. It is both a loving remembrance of a young man, full of promise and idealism, and an unflinching look at his painful decline and death at just 35 years old.

The film leans heavily on a vast array of archival video footage and voice recordings from radio and television interviews, which are punctuated with commentary from those closest to him, including his daughter, Meegan Lee Ochs (who grew up in Mill Valley), his brother Michael Ochs, fellow musicians like Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, and contempo