Incredible lack of structure or logic in editing. Very scattered.

"The documentary is loose-limbed and not at all artful--which is to say, it's scarcely bourgeois and just as the Black Bear Ranch people would like it." - Ed Gonzalez

Willy nilly documentary is all over the place, and doesn't dive into a lot of depth for the most part. It's a lot of then and now, but some of the stories and people are still interesting.

it was interesting to hear these people's stories. some of them quite beautiful, others sad and some just so bizarre it makes you wonder. i almost checked out Black Bear when i traveled out west but i'm more of the Alone In The Wilderness (2004) cabin building isolationist type. i save my communal / connectedness feelings for music festivals and LSD trips.

high points for filming the commune people with Then & Now film/photographs/ points deducted for execution and lack of completeness in the how-did-they-get-here-from-there stories