TEDDY
1971
(16:16 min)
THE OFFICIAL LINE: The experiences of a teenage African
American, who relates his views of the System, war, revolution, the Watts community of Los Angeles, the Black Panther Party
and the police. The importance of the discussion is the necessity of being one's own self.
THE TRUTH: The story of a defeated revolutionary.
CHANGING
1971
(27:49 min)
THE OFFICIAL LINE: A young family tries to reorient
themselves in a society of conflicting standards and values.
THE TRUTH: A hardworking truck driver becomes a burnt out,
suffering, and disillusioned patriarch.
BUNNY
1972
(16:00 min)
THE OFFICIAL LINE: A young college student who smokes
marijuana from time to time, usually with friends, for social relaxation.
THE TRUTH: Boring schooling, Gumpified parents, and an
inability to see beneath the surface make for the perfect New World Order citizen, confused, without purpose, no direction,
and easily manipulated.
GUY
1971
(18:00 min)
THE OFFICIAL LINE: Guy, a 15-year-old Mexican-American
who spends a great deal of time stoned on reds.
THE TRUTH: Shows Guy's flight into passivity and escape
from the realities of an ungiving environment.
TOM
1972
(18:48 min)
THE OFFICIAL LINE: Tom, a 26-year-old who has dropped out
and has dropped everything, LSD, mescaline, psilocybin and some things familiar only to obscure chemists in Berkeley.
THE TRUTH: The right medications for Tom would be
the Bill of Rights, The Constitution, Howard Zinn's history lesson, Noam Chomsky's lecture on foreign policy, and a big ol'
gun, but instead, Tom escapes through the pill, like so many Americans, whether it be by prescription or by street corner.
Day in the Death of Donny B.
1969
(14:10 min)
THE OFFICIAL LINE: Docudrama, shot Cinema-Verite style (real locations), which follows a junkie on his
never-ending quest for money, and ultimately, his fix.
THE TRUTH: Time has frozen in most of these ghettos, where people are underemployed and narcotics are
regularly available.
