Chapter 2 of 8 - WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?

Behind the Scenes and more info at:
http://www.FlowersTheMovie.com

I know there will be those who watch this documentary and say that the sixties were the most divisive and disorganized time in American history, and trying to recapture something like that is just plain irresponsible.

But... that was sort of the point.

Change from the bottom up is hard and to be successful you have to piss off a lot of people in the process. But we were ready, willing, and able to stand up for peace and love, even if it meant that people were going to find that offensive.

We knew it wasn't going to be easy, and those first few days when we were broke and without a home in the streets of San Francisco reinforced that point. We were even robbed twice in one day! (I chose not to include those scenes in the film because I felt it didn't drive the story forward, but maybe one day I'll put those scenes up on YouTube as well)

Our initial idealism halted when we arrived at our first San Francisco protest. I remember the feeling vividly. We thought we'd be able to hear the protestors from miles away, but in fact we couldn't even hear them from across the street. We were expecting to be among thousands of people, instead we found ourselves among (maybe) 200. We were looking forward to meeting masses of young people, and while there were some, the mass majority of them looked like they were ready to retire.

Luckily we were about to receive some much needed help...

http://www.myspace.com/flowersthemovie

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Where-Have-All-The-Flowers-Gone-The-Movie/18906...

http://digg.com/movies/Where_have_all_the_Flowers_Gone_Politics_meets_rocknroll

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[irishopiumeater]

i went to the haight from new york, in '06, after saying fuck college, and i did not even find a protest. just a city full of fuckers. I did score a bunch of lsd, cocaine, and opium though... then my grandma died and i had to go home. but my frist lsd trip was in the haight! the journey did little productive except strengthen my distaste for capitalism. anyone know where there people joining together now? in '08? help! free me from this alienation! is it hopeless?

[leandrogouvea512]

Awesome documentary. More people should see it, I'm spreading the word trough StumpleUpon.

[TexanCyclist]

Chaos is good. Allows for a fresh start. I'm digging this adventure as if it was my own. Want to skip to the end, but the journey's important so, I'll watch it unfold like a memory on loan.

[angelicnv420]

are you all in cali still?

[richprince78]

You guys should really make these videos responses to one another..like make this one a response to the 3rd part...so people can just click right below for the next one. Again - awesome video though - perfect.

Cheers