Elsa Marley, Geba Greenberg, Kenoli Oleari, Osha Neumann, Peter Coyote

In 1968, Elsa and Richard Marley founded an alternative-living community in the remote Northern California wilderness with the motto "Free Land for Free People." This film tells the story of that inte...( read more  read more... )nded utopia. Through archival footage and interviews with former residents, director Jonathan Berman explores the problems and realities of communal living and the evolution a community that endured FBI harassment, cult leadership and more.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.

Directed by: Jonathan Berman

Release Date: July 26, 2005

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DVD Release Date: October 23, 2007

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  • June 21, 2009
    Peace and Love are Only Half the Story

    This was so informative and interesting (well, of course it was to me as I am into anything that has to do with the '60s & '70s. :P) This documentary was great because it had in-depth interviews with a lot of the people that lived at...( read more) the Black Bear Ranch. What's even cooler is that the actor Peter Coyote grew up there and he talked a lot about how it was.
    Ah, the beautiful people just enjoying each other. :) That's what it's all about. It was very refreshing. I can totally picture myself living that way, or at least trying it out. I don't (yet) believe this world is so far gone that we can't have a place where people can live happily and free with one another. People, especially the ones my age, may think the '60s where so long ago, but I think the opposite. There's so much to be learned from the past generations and I plan to keep the hippie spirit alive. It's not long ago when you really think about it, humans are humans, no matter if it was 50 or 500 years ago.

    This movie demonstrates the positive and negative aspects of living at the commune. It has some awesome footage too. I recommend this to anyone who is curious about what living in a commune is like, especially one of the first seemingly successful ones.

    *Peace...

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  • tennis4britt
    November 8, 2006
    Excellent movie...I'm gonna go see it in LA on Nov 10th at Laemmle's GRANDE 4-PLEX.

    Check out their website: http://www.communethemovie.com/

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