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The Source Family

  • 2012
  • TV-14
  • 1h 38m
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6.8/10
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The Source Family (2012)
The Source FamilyÂ’s outlandish lifestyle, popular celebrity hangout restaurant, rock band, and beautiful women made them the darlings of HollywoodÂ’s Sunset Strip; but their outsider ideals, controversial spiritual leader Father Yod, along with his 13 wives, instigated local authorities. They fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise. Years later, family members surface and the rock band reforms, revealing how their time with Father Yod shaped their lives in the most unexpected ways. These personal accounts, along with interviews with outsiders, make up the interviews in the film.
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A charismatic leader founds a commune in Los Angeles in the early '70s based on natural food, spiritual practices and psychedelic rock. This short-lived era is recreated with archival materi... Read allA charismatic leader founds a commune in Los Angeles in the early '70s based on natural food, spiritual practices and psychedelic rock. This short-lived era is recreated with archival material and the memories of participants.A charismatic leader founds a commune in Los Angeles in the early '70s based on natural food, spiritual practices and psychedelic rock. This short-lived era is recreated with archival material and the memories of participants.

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    • Maria Demopoulos
    • Jodi Wille
  • Stars
    • Ahom Aquarian
    • Isis Aquarian
    • Don Bolles
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    6.8/10
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    • Directors
      • Maria Demopoulos
      • Jodi Wille
    • Stars
      • Ahom Aquarian
      • Isis Aquarian
      • Don Bolles
    • 14User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    A bit of 70's nostalgia. It's very much like most cult groups around that time. A contradictory older man reinvents himself and is elevated by rebellious kids who believe they're on a path to a higher purpose. Of course it's all BS, it's an opportunity to take drugs, rock out, and have sex with strangers (under age strangers). No matter the warning signs the panties just drop. Back then there were so many groups/cults getting around it was almost a competition of "we're the chosen ones!" I think the best thing to come out of the cults is studying the the way youth can be manipulated with hope and promise. The free life they come for, offered by their leader, always becomes far worse than where they came from, in this case it wasn't able to truly get that far. Drugs and mantra go together like peas and carrots. But, you can't deny that feeling of family and love they created.
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    • Release date
      • September 28, 2013 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Семья источника
    • Filming locations
      • Hawaii, USA
    • Production companies
      • Eternal Now
      • Process Media
      • TriCal Entertainment
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      • $350,000 (estimated)
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      1 hour 38 minutes
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