"Last Hippie Standing" is a video clip style portrait about the hippie
generation. Thirty years ago, this was a movement which came to Goa to
find something they couldn't find at home. Many returned, a few stayed.
Goa, the hippie paradise of the 60's is our point where we start to
search for "the last hippies". This former Portuguese colony in the
south of India was for many the final destination after adventurous
travels through Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Dreamlike untouched beaches promised to be a new holy land, which was
also the spritual basis for Alex Garland's novel "The Beach". After
viewing historical Super8 material we started searching for the famous
beaches and found a new youth culture which seemed to be similar to the
old hippie culture. Raver, Part-Time-Hippies, Backpacker und "normal"
people enjoyed the beaches. We met people from Japan, Israel, Australia
and the UK. Anjuna Beach is the center of the infamous Goa parties.
Here, the millenium celebrations promised the best of all Goa parties.
This is where the youth of the world demonstrated their understanding of
fun.
- Written by
Chris Wolski
Download:
generation. Thirty years ago, this was a movement which came to Goa to
find something they couldn't find at home. Many returned, a few stayed.
Goa, the hippie paradise of the 60's is our point where we start to
search for "the last hippies". This former Portuguese colony in the
south of India was for many the final destination after adventurous
travels through Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Dreamlike untouched beaches promised to be a new holy land, which was
also the spritual basis for Alex Garland's novel "The Beach". After
viewing historical Super8 material we started searching for the famous
beaches and found a new youth culture which seemed to be similar to the
old hippie culture. Raver, Part-Time-Hippies, Backpacker und "normal"
people enjoyed the beaches. We met people from Japan, Israel, Australia
and the UK. Anjuna Beach is the center of the infamous Goa parties.
Here, the millenium celebrations promised the best of all Goa parties.
This is where the youth of the world demonstrated their understanding of
fun.
- Written by
Chris Wolski
Download:
