After adopting a hippie lifestyle, a man finds his home life enhanced while becoming isolated at work.
Direction
Smith captures genuine workplace awkwardness with fly-on-wall precision.
Production
Incredible period detail—every tie and macramé plant holder is authentic.
Director
Hubert Smith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for the N.I.H. as part of a workplace mental health initiative—yes, the government funded hippie propaganda.
The 'enhanced home life' scenes were largely improvised with real neighbors, blurring documentary and performance in ways that confused 1971 audiences.