New Hollywood was a movement after the Studio system was outlawed, and this mainly meant that the directors had more of a key role in the production compared to the studios.

prevalent films/actors/directors:

This film defined a lot of the Hollywood, and had Actor Warren Beatty and director Arthur Penn.

This film was an independent film directed by Martin Scorsese and starred Harvey Keitel and Zina Bethune.

This was a thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and starred Roy Scheider.

Prevalent Events:

America gained a new fear on communism, which greatly affected film stars such as Charlie Chaplin who was feared to be a communist

The Vietnam war, a war revolved around communism was happening for around 10 years, and the soldiers who came back weren’t seen as heroes

The Cold war introduced the fear of atomic weapons

their was corruption in the American Senet, with Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal. there as also inequality in America.