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1970 · 52 mins · English
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Directed by
Babe Hill
Starring
Jim Morrison

Directed by Jim Morrison, Frank Lisciandro, Paul Ferrara and Babe Hill, the 50‑minute experimental work follows Morrison as a lone hitchhiker traveling through the Mojave Desert and into Los Angeles. Shot in the spring and summer of 1969, the film employs a Direct Cinema approach, blending on‑road observation with a poetic glimpse of the era’s counter‑cultural atmosphere.

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