American Commune
Directed by Rena Mundo Croshere, Nadine Mundo6.833%6.5
In 1970, 1,500 hippies and their guru Stephen Gaskin founded a commune in rural Tennessee. Members forked over their savings, grew their own food, delivered their babies at home and built a self-sufficient society. Raised in this alternative community by a Jewish mother from Beverly Hills and a Puerto Rican father from the Bronx, filmmakers and sisters Rena and Nadine return for the first time since leaving in 1985. Finally ready to face the past after years of hiding their upbringing, they chart the rise and fall of America's largest utopian socialist experiment and their own family tree. The nascent idealism of a community destroyed, in part, by its own success is reflected in the personal story of a family unit split apart by differences. American Commune finds inspiration in failure, humor in deprivation and, most surprisingly, that communal values are alive and well in the next generation.
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American Commune was released on April 29, 2013.
American Commune was directed by Rena Mundo Croshere, Nadine Mundo.
American Commune has a runtime of 90m.
The key characters in American Commune are Self (Rena Mundo Croshere), Self (Nadine Mundo).
American Commune is rated Not Rated.
American Commune is a Documentary film.
American Commune has an audience rating of 3.3 out of 10.