Underplayed Gems

Last Hippie Standing (2001)

Last Hippie Standing poster
Directed by
Marcus Robbin
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
45 min
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
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This German documentary shows the party scene in Goa India. It compares old Super 8 footage of hippies from the 1960s and 1970s with the club culture in the year 2000. Interviews with old hippies, locals, and a politician describe the conflict between party culture and conservative Indian values.

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What happens

Last Hippie Standing (2001) is a 45-minute German documentary about the party scene in Goa, India. Directed by filmmaker Marcus Robbin, the film compares the 1960s and 1970s hippie era with the situation in 2000. The film has no commentary and consists of documentation of the ongoing party culture in Goa, as well as private and previously unreleased Super 8 footage from the 1960s and 1970s in Goa, filmed by American author Cleo Odzer. This material is the only existing contemporary film document of the hippie era in Goa. Furthermore, interviews with hippie veterans like Goa Gil, locals, and the former chief minister of Goa, Francisco Sardinha, describe the clashes that occur between the party culture and Indian conservatism. The last part of the documentary is shot at the Berlin Love Parade, where the protagonists reflect on their own spiritual development and the changes that have occurred since the hippie movement's advent. Since 2004, it has been distributed by Nowonmedia (Japan). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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