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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Peter France traces the hippies of ten years ago - including Dr Timothy Leary, Felix Dennis, Mick Farren and Vashti Bunyan - to find out how they are living today. (1978)

Peter France traces the hippies of ten years ago to find out how they are living today. Yippie leader Jerry Rubin, 'Social Deviant' Mick Farren, Oz editor Felix Dennis, Dr Timothy Leary 'the messiah of LSD', Lynn Darnton, the founder of the 'Tribe of the Sacred Mushroom,' folk singer Vashti Bunyan, and many more.

Peace and love are ideals almost everybody shares; ideals preached by almost all religions; but can the ideals survive in the real world? (1978)

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Credits

RoleContributor
ReporterPeter France
ProducerBill Nicholson
ResearcherJenny Morgan
EditorPeter Armstrong
Film EditorMichael Aloof
ParticipantLynn Darnton
ParticipantJerry Rubin
ParticipantFelix Dennis
ParticipantVashti Bunyan
ParticipantMick Farren
ParticipantDr Timothy Leary

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