Desc: Kent State: Directed by James Goldstone. With Talia Balsam, Ellen Barkin, Steve Beauchamp, Frederikke Borge. Based on the true story of the student protests at Kent State University in Ohio. This film focuses on the four students who were killed when the National Guard attempted to quell the riots that began on May 4, 1970, after President Nixon announced that American troops would begin bombing the heretofore neutral country of Cambodia.