DOCUMENTARY, 85 min.
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The ultimate hippie fantasy: a pot-friendly, clothing-optional treehouse village on a beach at the end of the road on Kaua‘i’s North Shore. Named for Howard Taylor (brother of actress Elizabeth), who gave the original Campers his plot of prime beachfront property, it ended in flames eight years later when the locals decided it was time for them to go.
Sometimes, to see and understand a larger moment in history, you simply need to focus in on a handful of people that represent not only what was happening in many other places at that time, but also the dream of a generation.
"The Edge of Paradise" does that for the hippie era with historic footage, documentary photography and a sampling of the songs that energized the Woodstock Generation. Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Kaua‘i's North Shore, John Wehrheim's singular photographs capture the texture of daily life and the spirit of that turbulent period. Interwoven with interviews conducted 30 years later, this documentary film gives us a poignant glimpse of the eroding effects of time among a group that, for the most part, is still trying to live the Taylor Camp dream.