Following Sean (2005)

Directed by

Ralph Arlyck

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker revisits a boy he filmed in the 1960s to see how his life turned out. The movie becomes a look at how families and society changed across generations.

reflectivepoignantearnestthoughtfulnostalgiccontemplativelow-key

What happens

Following Sean is a 2005 documentary film directed by Ralph Arlyck, and a follow-up to his 1969 student short Sean, which features four-year-old Sean's thoughts on marijuana (including his own use), police presence, and freewheeling lifestyles. The film's notoriety landed a screening in the White House and a variety of predictions regarding the outcome of Sean's life - whether he could grow up to embody the hippy philosophy, or whether he would turn out a drug dealer or stock broker. Following Sean picks up in the mid-1990s and turns Sean's story into a meditation on generational changes and legacies that are handed down as a result of choices made in heated political climates. The film was met with high critical praise, receiving an 86% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 64 on Metacritic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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