''Last Hippie Standing'' (2001) is a 45-minute documentary by the

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filmmaker

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about

Goa, India Goa () is a States and union territories of India, state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan Plateau, Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian st ...

. The film compares the 1960s and 1970s

hippie A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to different countries around ...

era with the situation in 2000.
The film has no commentary and consists of documentation of the ongoing party culture in Goa, as well as private and previously unreleased Super 8 footage from the 1960s and 1970s in Goa, filmed by

Cleo Odzer Cleo Odzer ( Sheila Lynne Odzer, April 6, 1950 – March 26, 2001) was an American writer who authored books on prostitution in Thailand, the hippie culture of Goa, India, and cybersex. Childhood and time as a groupie Cleo Odzer grew up in Manhat ...

. This material is the only existing contemporary film document of the hippie era in Goa. Furthermore, interviews with hippie veterans like

Goa Gil Goa Gil, born ''Gilbert Levey'', is an American-born musician, DJ, remixer and party organizer. He is one of the founders of the goa trance and psytrance movement in electronic music. Biography Gil was born in 1951 and grew up in San Rafael, Ca ...

, locals, and the former chief minister of Goa,

Francisco Sardinha Francisco Cosme Sardinha (born 15 April 1946) is an Indian politician, who is serving as the Member of Parliament (MP), representing South Goa Lok Sabha constituency. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Minister of Goa from 24 November 199 ...

, describe the clashes that occur between the party culture and Indian conservatism. The last part of the documentary is shot at the

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, where the protagonists reflect on their own spiritual development and the changes that have occurred since the hippie movement's advent. Since 2004, it has been distributed by Nowonmedia (Japan). File:Goa Gil LHS.jpg, DJ Goa Gil in ''Last Hippie Standing'' File:Swami William.jpg, Swami William in ''Last Hippie Standing''

References

External links

Official Website
* Hippie films Expatriates in India Tourism in Goa Goa trance music Goan society German documentary films Films shot in Goa Films shot in Germany Documentary films about drugs 2001 films Documentary films about India 2001 documentary films Films set in Goa 2000s English-language films 2000s German films {{2000s-Germany-film-stub