The Same River Twice Robb Moss, 2003
Hippies do grow up, they really do. And even if you re the kind of crew that would take a monthlong allnude river rafting trip, The Same River Twice proves that you can not only mature, it doesn t have to be awful, either. Robb Moss s documentary begins with footage of the aforementioned rafting trip, which he participated in in 1978. Unearthing that footage, Moss reconnects with a halfdozen of his tripmates to see how their lives have changed from those drugsandlovebutnotclothes days. Film scholar Robb Moss combines homemovie footage from the 70s with current documentary interviews to fashion this intimate memoir of his summeroflove friends, then and now. The Same River Twice chronicles the lives of Moss and five of his friends, all of whom served as whitewater rafting tour guides while in their twenties. In that era, their nudist, freelove ways brought them together; now, Moss learns, many of the couples have split up, or given up their utopian ideals. Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
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