Source Family
This magnetic pop-history memorial has everything: free sex, celebrity, psychedelic rock, polygamy and beyond.
The Source Family
The Source Family was a radical experiment in '70s utopian living. Their outlandish style, popular health food restaurant, rock band and beautiful women made them the darlings of Hollywood’s Sunset Strip—but their outsider ideals and the unconventional behavior of their spiritual leader, Father Yod, caused controversy with local authorities. They fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise. THE SOURCE FAMILY provides an intimate insiders’ view of this incredible group of people through their own archival photos, home movies, audio recordings and contemporary interviews. Serving as a highly personal guide to the counter-culture movement of the early 70s, the film is inspired by the cult-classic book The Source: The Story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13, and The Source Family (Process Media) written by Isis Aquarian and Electricity Aquarian and edited by director Jodi Wille.
“A strange and beautiful parable about the rise, fall and surprisingly influential afterlife of a '60s love cult.” – Steve Dollar, Wall Street Journal
“A strange and beautiful parable about the rise, fall and surprisingly influential afterlife of a '60s love cult.” – Steve Dollar, Wall Street Journal
Genre
Documentary
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Runtime
91
Language
English
Director
Maria Demopoulos,
Jodi Wille
FEATURED REVIEW
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Unearthing a decent sample of these former members, as well as a wealth of archival film and photographs, the directors elicit testimony that’s diversely sharp, spacey, nostalgic and heartbreaking. Clutching a picture of Mr. Baker — who died in a hang-gliding incident in Hawaii in 1975 — his first ...
Played at
Claremont 5 5.11.13 - 5.12.13
Monica Film Center 5.11.13 - 5.12.13
Playhouse 7 5.11.13 - 5.27.13
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