Taylor Camp

Soviet Hippies

2017 · ★ 4.8

The hippie movement that captivated hundreds of thousands of young people in the West had a profound impact on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Within the Soviet system, a colorful crowd of artists, musicians, freaks, vagabonds and other long-haired drop-outs created their own system, which connected those who believed in peace, love, and freedom for their bodies and souls. More than 40 years later, a group of eccentric hippies from Estonia take a road trip to Moscow where the hippies still gather annually on the 1st of June for celebration that is related to the tragic event in 1971, when thousands of Soviet hippies were arrested by the KGB. The journey through time and dimensions goes deep into the psychedelic underground world in which these people strived for freedom.

The Hippie Trail

In the 1960s and 70s, a young generation embarked on an adventurous journey to the East. Fleeing outdated Western conventions and values and searching for freedom and the meaning of life, they traveled via Istanbul, Tehran, and Kabul to Kathmandu and Goa—the birth of the legendary Hippie Trail. This journey not only shaped those who set out on it—the legacy of the Hippie Trail continues to this day.

Flower Power Ost - Die Blumenkinder des Sozialismus

There was also flower power under socialism. From the late 1960s to the late 1980s, hippies from East Berlin, Warsaw, Prague and Budapest dreamed of conquering a world that was actually closed to them. They wore long hair, beards and parkas, squatted houses, lived in communes, listened to blues and rock 'n' roll - music was their philosophy and world view. The documentary looks back at the flower children of the East, for whom Woodstock was further away than the moon.

Chicago 10

2008 · ★ 5.8

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

The Psychedelic Experience

1965

Experimental movie, where a man comes home and experiences LSD. His kaleidoscopic visions follow, with readings inspired by the Tibethan Book of the Dead.

Comic Book Confidential

1989 · ★ 6.8

A survey of the artistic history of the comic book medium and some of the major talents associated with it.

Mondo Hollywood

1967 · ★ 6.7

A documentary analyzing the social, political and cultural climate of Hollywood in the mid-1960s.

Wooks

2022 · ★ 5

An acid-soaked journey to the edge of madness with the wise and wild Wooks of America’s hippie underbelly.

Getting It Straight in Notting Hill Gate

1970

Life in Notting Hill Gate, concentrating on key problems like housing, welfare and drugs, and featuring interviews with local personalities.

Something's Happening

1967 · ★ 4.9

A documentary chronicling the "youth movement" of the late '60s on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip and San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district.

Mondo Mod

1967 · ★ 4

A look at the "mod" culture of the, visiting the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, going from discotheques to dirt bike competitions, surfing, karate, go-carting, political protests and pot parties.

Born to Be Wild

1995

This documentary about Easy Rider was created by Nicholas Freand Jones and first aired on BBC2 in December 1995.