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The Hippie Temptation (1967)

The Hippie Temptation (1967)

TV Movie Documentary
Release Date: 1967, August 21
Directors: Warren Wallace
Countries: United States of America
Production: CBS News Productions
Cast: Peter Coyote, Jerry Garcia, Harry Reasoner, Dr. David Smith

Overview:

CBS TV news special hosted by Harry Reasoner explores the way-out world of the Hippies and the Haight-Ashbury psychedelic 1960s LSD scene. Footage of LSDs users experiencing bummer trips. The Diggers, the Oracle and cool street and Golden Gate Park scenes with hippies tripping out. The Grateful Dead are interviewed and are shown performing "Dancin' in the Streets" on a flatbed truck in Golden Gate Park. The Hippie Temptation!

Keywords:

dystopia teenager hippies 1960s san francisco, california drug abuse bad trip lsd teenage rebellion barefoot runaway teen free love generation gap trend fad summer of love lazy pearl clutching vd uptight squares haight ashbury free clinic bummer condesending bandwagon