San Luis Obispo International Film Festival 2009

A detailed documentary of the ultimate hippie fantasy, TAYLOR CAMP examines what happened when freethinking radicals rejected their American values to start a community on a picturesque beach donated by artist/oceanographer Howard Taylor (brother of Elizabeth). The land was soon overrun by every hippie, surfer, seeker, and psychologically scarred Vietnam vet capable of making their way to Kauai, where they created a vegetarian, clothing-optional lifestyle in the era of flower power, marijuana, anti-war riots and the Age of Aquarius. Thirty years later, film footage shot at Taylor Camp, vivid black and white photographs, and interviews with the people who once made their homes there, create a living tribute to a forgotten group of dreamers who longed for more than their country had to offer.