Swami Satchidananda

This documentary explores the growing American interest in the 1970s in Eastern religions and philosophy. The teachings and lifestyles of ten spiritual teachers and their followers are presented without voice-over narration.

At the beginning of the hippy era in 1970 a young filmmaker travels the world struggling to find answers to life's deepest questions from the best gurus and spiritual teachers of the day.

Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran. Though initially confusing, as Rooks blends drug-illusion with reality, and cuts color with black-and-white and monochrome tinted shots, "Chappaqua" is conventionally constructed with a beginning, middle, and end.

Tries to prove that all great men of the past were actually aliens. While the aliens in this film may seem to be quite human, one must realize that this film is dealing with close encounters of the fourth kind. An inner space journey triggered by the drug culture and rebellion of the sixties, and the non-violent search for self that continues among people in today's culture. Could this be due to some influence from a higher spiritual consciousness? The world's alien leaders are well represented in this film: Baba Muktananda, Swami Satchidananda, A. C. Bhaktivedanta, Guru Maharaj Ji, Yoga Bhahan, Sri Sathya, Sai Baba, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Father Yod, Baba Ram Das, and well-known personalities who present their views on seeking their own terrestrial individuality. Whether inspired by a more highly evolved race than earthlings, or from a visit millions of years ago by space aliens, Aliens from Spaceship Earth are causing great changes on our planet today.

Le plus important rassemblement de la musique pop de ces vingt dernières années. Des groupes qui ont marqué leur époque et une jeunesse qui a marqué la sienne. Un regard intime sur le Woodstock Music & Art Festival qui s'est tenu à Bethel, New York en 1969, de la préparation aux nettoyages, avec un accès historique aux initiés, des images de concerts époustouflantes et des portraits des spectateurs ; des aspects négatifs et positifs sont montrés: depuis la consommation de drogue par les artistes jusqu'aux fans nus glissant dans la boue, de l'effondrement des clôtures par des hordes inattendues jusqu'à l'arrivée surréaliste d'hélicoptères de la Garde nationale avec de la nourriture et une assistance médicale pour la ville impromptue de 500 000 habitants.