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About the Rebellious Ones... The Rites of the Hippies
also known as HIPPIE REVOLUTION (edited reissue)
producer and director:
Jack O'Connell
Documentary with No Narration
This
is the original documentary shot by Jack O'Connell in 1968, not the
'improved' revised video which was released 30 years later. The
film does exactly what it intends to do. Here is a chronicle that reflects
the essence of San Francisco's Summer of Love. Here are the liquid light
shows, love-ins, the aimless youth, angry cops, the SF band scene, drugs,
nudity, and much more that made the Haight Ashbury counterculture scene
explode. Hippiedom was such a fresh concept in the late '60's,
but almost too volatile for documentation. Very few films were able
to capture the revolution without bias. This one and the more exploitativeLIKE IT IS remain the only viable venues to show the lunatic
barefoot freedom and wide-eyed innocence that was the hippie revolution.
For
many viewers today, the best parts of the film deal with the music,
especially rare concert performances by Quicksilver Messenger Service
and Country Joe & the Fish. Also on hand is Dan Hicks when he was
the lead for the Charlatans, the Steve Miller Band, Tracy Nelson and
Mother Earth and an actual clip of the Ace of Cups (arguably the first
all female rock band).
An
American film in English language; widescreen format, original film and
totally uncut version (88 min.),DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC, playable
on any American machine. Extras include theatrical trailer.
