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Back to the Garden
April 25, 2016 @ 6:30 pm
North Kohala Public Library will show the documentary film, “Back to the Garden”. The film has been featured in film festivals in Seattle, Maui, Berlin, and Tel Aviv. It is being shown in Kohala by special permission from the filmmaker.
In 1988, filmmaker Kevin Tomlinson filmed and interviewed a group of back-to-the-land “hippies”–living off grid, insulated, and isolated from mainstream culture.
In 2006, he tracked down his subjects again to find out what had become of their families' utopian plans and dreams.
The film captures a time-lapse view of these back-to-the-landers told with moving personal stories of non-conforming tribal families–with lots of freedom but little cash, of unflinching political activism in the midst of small-town, rural America, and of hippie kids who today ask whether ‘free love' was really free.
Travel writer Rick Stevens calls this, “A flat out wonderful film…a vindication of flower power idealism. It reminds us of the enduring values of simplicity and self-reliance.”
For additonal information on this presentation, contact Janet Lam at the hosting library: 889-6655. Please also contact the hosting library as soon as possible to arrange a sign language interpreter or other special accommodation.