The Source Family

Documentary on the far out Father Yod and the Source Family who, in '70s California, undertook a radical experiment in utopian living. Their outsider ideals, and in particular Yod's 13 wives, soon became an issue with authorities. They eventually fled to Hawaii which initiated a dramatic demise.

"Chronicles the rise and fall of the Source Family... At the center of the film is the imposing paterfamilias and self-styled guru, Father Yod (birth name Jim Baker), a herculean Judo master and savvy restaurateur whose trendy Source restaurant (immortalized in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall) served as the crucible and financial engine for his spiritual movement. The Source Family was obsessed with self-documentation, and Wille and Demopoulos make ample use of the wealth of photos, audiotapes and home movies the Family managed to accrue over its short existence." (San Francisco International Film Festival 2012)

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