Follows a group of hippies in Greenwich Village during the 60's revolution, centering on the story of a girl in the East Village neighborhood, exploring her various relationships with men, and her search for values of the time.
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New York 1968, a rare film about a bygone era. Late '60s, Greenwich Village: Lilly is a young Californian who came to New York to experience the hippie revolution head on. She explores the streets of the metropolis, camera in hand, a wreath in her hair. But Lilly will quickly realize that the city and the people she meets are not as benevolent as she imagined. Shot by Morris Engel after his famous New York trilogy at a time when the flower power revolution was in full swing, I Need A Ride to California is a remarkable testimony to New York at the end of the 1960s. For his first color fiction, the filmmaker is inspired by the climate of sexual liberation and social unrest, as well as psychedelic fashion, to portray a complex, sometimes raw portrait of a young girl let loose in the Manhattan of counter-culture. A rare and precious work.
Written by Carlotta Films
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Filmed in 1968, one of the first films to be filmed with a hand portable camera. Never released because Engel said it needed more work, but it is not known whether any additional work was done until 1972. In that year, more music was recorded by some commissioned artists, and the film was thought to be finally complete at that point. It is unknown why it still was never released. The film was held by Engel's daughter Mary Engel for many years, who gave it to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City in early 2017 for restoration. MoMA unveiled the original 1972 completed film at a private screening on June 21, 2017, then set to work with its restoration which was completed in April 2018. The public world premiere of the restored film took place at MoMA on October 23, 2019. The first home video release was by Kino in the USA on Blu-ray March 9, 2021, and by Carlotta in Europe (France) on DVD and Blu-ray March 10, 2021.
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