Commune

Commune

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 7, 2005

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

59%

Original Title

Commune

Director

Jonathan Berman

Description

In 1968, Elsa and Richard Marley founded an alternative-living community, named Black Bear, in the remote Northern California wilderness with the motto "Free Land for Free People." This film tells the story of that intended utopia. Through archival footage and interviews with former residents, director Jonathan Berman explores the problems and realities of communal living and the evolution of a community that endured FBI harassment, cult leadership and more.