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In1970,1,500hippiesandtheirguruStephenGaskinfoundedacommuneinruralTennessee.Membersforkedovertheirsavings,grewtheirownfood,deliveredtheirbabiesathomeandbuiltaself-sufficientsociety.RaisedinthisalternativecommunitybyaJewishmotherfromBeverlyHillsandaPuertoRicanfatherfromtheBronx,filmmakersandsistersRenaandNadinereturnforthefirsttimesinceleavingin1985.Finallyreadytofacethepastafteryearsofhidingtheirupbringing,theycharttheriseandfallofAmerica'slargestutopiansocialistexperimentandtheirownfamilytree.Thenascentidealismofacommunitydestroyed,inpart,byitsownsuccessisreflectedinthepersonalstoryofafamilyunitsplitapartbydifferences.AmericanCommunefindsinspirationinfailure,humorindeprivationand,mostsurprisingly,thatcommunalvaluesarealiveandwellinthenextgeneration.