Documentary | Music 82 min. PG-13. 2019

Director: Andrew Slater
Starring: Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Ringo Starr, Beck, Jackson Browne, Cat Power, Eric Clapton, Norah Jones, Graham Nash, Michelle Phillips, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor

This expansive documentary celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s, giving birth to the California Sound.

Echo in the Canyon celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. It was a moment (1965 to 1967) when bands came to L.A. to emulate The Beatles and Laurel Canyon emerged as a hotbed of creativity and collaboration for a new generation of musicians who would soon put an indelible stamp on the history of American popular music. Featuring Jakob Dylan, the film explores the beginnings of the Laurel Canyon music scene. Dylan uncovers never-before-heard personal details behind the bands and their songs and how that music continues to inspire today. Echo in the Canyon contains candid conversations and performances with Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Michelle Phillips, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn and Jackson Browne as well as contemporary musicians they influenced such as Tom Petty (in his very last film interview), Beck, Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Regina Spektor and Norah Jones.

“By keeping things short, sweet and dutifully tuneful, ECHO IN THE CANYON is like the doc version of one of the period’s sonic nuggets, leaving you with a peace/love/understanding high and a desire to break out the vinyl for more of the same.”—The Los Angeles Times.

I have a feeling Echo in the Canyon will be watched for decades into the future as the essential document of a very specific time and place that changed music forever.—Film Threat

Rich with revealing observations and engaging anecdotes, Slater’s documentary skirts the nostalgia trap by entertainingly connecting with an impressive lineup of contemporary singer-songwriters referencing the influential ‘60s pop style with their own releases. —The Hollywood Reporter

Nine Decades of Movies

To celebrate our 90th anniversary, enjoy a memorable matinee for each decade the Little art has been operating. Join us on the fourth Saturday of the month beginning in April and going through December.

Nine noteworthy films for nine decades of being the best place to place a movie together!

Dr. Strangelove (1964) 95 min. PG

July 27 at 12:30 PM

Stanley Kubrick’s classic that Roger Ebert said was arguably the best political satire of the 20th century.

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Starring: Peter Sellers, Groge C. Scott

Summary: Through a series of military and political accidents, a psychotic general – U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper (Hayden) – triggers an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia’s strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The U.S. President (Sellers) and Dr. Strangelove (Sellers), a wheelchair-bound nuclear scientist who has bizarre ideas about man’s future, work with the Soviet premier in a desperate effort to save the world.

Documentary | Music 82 min. PG-13. 2019

Director: Andrew Slater
Starring: Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Ringo Starr, Beck, Jackson Browne, Cat Power, Eric Clapton, Norah Jones, Graham Nash, Michelle Phillips, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor

This expansive documentary celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s, giving birth to the California Sound.

Echo in the Canyon celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. It was a moment (1965 to 1967) when bands came to L.A. to emulate The Beatles and Laurel Canyon emerged as a hotbed of creativity and collaboration for a new generation of musicians who would soon put an indelible stamp on the history of American popular music. Featuring Jakob Dylan, the film explores the beginnings of the Laurel Canyon music scene. Dylan uncovers never-before-heard personal details behind the bands and their songs and how that music continues to inspire today. Echo in the Canyon contains candid conversations and performances with Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Michelle Phillips, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn and Jackson Browne as well as contemporary musicians they influenced such as Tom Petty (in his very last film interview), Beck, Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Regina Spektor and Norah Jones.

“By keeping things short, sweet and dutifully tuneful, ECHO IN THE CANYON is like the doc version of one of the period’s sonic nuggets, leaving you with a peace/love/understanding high and a desire to break out the vinyl for more of the same.”—The Los Angeles Times.

I have a feeling Echo in the Canyon will be watched for decades into the future as the essential document of a very specific time and place that changed music forever.—Film Threat

Rich with revealing observations and engaging anecdotes, Slater’s documentary skirts the nostalgia trap by entertainingly connecting with an impressive lineup of contemporary singer-songwriters referencing the influential ‘60s pop style with their own releases. —The Hollywood Reporter

Documentary | Music 82 min. PG-13. 2019

Director: Andrew Slater
Starring: Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Ringo Starr, Beck, Jackson Browne, Cat Power, Eric Clapton, Norah Jones, Graham Nash, Michelle Phillips, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor

This expansive documentary celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s, giving birth to the California Sound.

Echo in the Canyon celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. It was a moment (1965 to 1967) when bands came to L.A. to emulate The Beatles and Laurel Canyon emerged as a hotbed of creativity and collaboration for a new generation of musicians who would soon put an indelible stamp on the history of American popular music. Featuring Jakob Dylan, the film explores the beginnings of the Laurel Canyon music scene. Dylan uncovers never-before-heard personal details behind the bands and their songs and how that music continues to inspire today. Echo in the Canyon contains candid conversations and performances with Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Michelle Phillips, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn and Jackson Browne as well as contemporary musicians they influenced such as Tom Petty (in his very last film interview), Beck, Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Regina Spektor and Norah Jones.

“By keeping things short, sweet and dutifully tuneful, ECHO IN THE CANYON is like the doc version of one of the period’s sonic nuggets, leaving you with a peace/love/understanding high and a desire to break out the vinyl for more of the same.”—The Los Angeles Times.

I have a feeling Echo in the Canyon will be watched for decades into the future as the essential document of a very specific time and place that changed music forever.—Film Threat

Rich with revealing observations and engaging anecdotes, Slater’s documentary skirts the nostalgia trap by entertainingly connecting with an impressive lineup of contemporary singer-songwriters referencing the influential ‘60s pop style with their own releases. —The Hollywood Reporter

Documentary | Music 82 min. PG-13. 2019

Director: Andrew Slater
Starring: Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Ringo Starr, Beck, Jackson Browne, Cat Power, Eric Clapton, Norah Jones, Graham Nash, Michelle Phillips, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor

This expansive documentary celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s, giving birth to the California Sound.

Echo in the Canyon celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. It was a moment (1965 to 1967) when bands came to L.A. to emulate The Beatles and Laurel Canyon emerged as a hotbed of creativity and collaboration for a new generation of musicians who would soon put an indelible stamp on the history of American popular music. Featuring Jakob Dylan, the film explores the beginnings of the Laurel Canyon music scene. Dylan uncovers never-before-heard personal details behind the bands and their songs and how that music continues to inspire today. Echo in the Canyon contains candid conversations and performances with Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Michelle Phillips, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn and Jackson Browne as well as contemporary musicians they influenced such as Tom Petty (in his very last film interview), Beck, Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Regina Spektor and Norah Jones.

“By keeping things short, sweet and dutifully tuneful, ECHO IN THE CANYON is like the doc version of one of the period’s sonic nuggets, leaving you with a peace/love/understanding high and a desire to break out the vinyl for more of the same.”—The Los Angeles Times.

I have a feeling Echo in the Canyon will be watched for decades into the future as the essential document of a very specific time and place that changed music forever.—Film Threat

Rich with revealing observations and engaging anecdotes, Slater’s documentary skirts the nostalgia trap by entertainingly connecting with an impressive lineup of contemporary singer-songwriters referencing the influential ‘60s pop style with their own releases. —The Hollywood Reporter

Documentary | Music 82 min. PG-13. 2019

Director: Andrew Slater
Starring: Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Ringo Starr, Beck, Jackson Browne, Cat Power, Eric Clapton, Norah Jones, Graham Nash, Michelle Phillips, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor

This expansive documentary celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s, giving birth to the California Sound.

Echo in the Canyon celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. It was a moment (1965 to 1967) when bands came to L.A. to emulate The Beatles and Laurel Canyon emerged as a hotbed of creativity and collaboration for a new generation of musicians who would soon put an indelible stamp on the history of American popular music. Featuring Jakob Dylan, the film explores the beginnings of the Laurel Canyon music scene. Dylan uncovers never-before-heard personal details behind the bands and their songs and how that music continues to inspire today. Echo in the Canyon contains candid conversations and performances with Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Michelle Phillips, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn and Jackson Browne as well as contemporary musicians they influenced such as Tom Petty (in his very last film interview), Beck, Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Regina Spektor and Norah Jones.

“By keeping things short, sweet and dutifully tuneful, ECHO IN THE CANYON is like the doc version of one of the period’s sonic nuggets, leaving you with a peace/love/understanding high and a desire to break out the vinyl for more of the same.”—The Los Angeles Times.

I have a feeling Echo in the Canyon will be watched for decades into the future as the essential document of a very specific time and place that changed music forever.—Film Threat

Rich with revealing observations and engaging anecdotes, Slater’s documentary skirts the nostalgia trap by entertainingly connecting with an impressive lineup of contemporary singer-songwriters referencing the influential ‘60s pop style with their own releases. —The Hollywood Reporter

Fifty years after Woodstock, where have all the hippies gone?

An intimate chronicle of hippie elders and their adult children, filmed over a 10-year period at a remote communal ranch in New Mexico. The founders of this back-to-the-land experiment are slowing down and facing declining health. Will the next generation be able to sustain the community?

Award-winning filmmaker and editor Jim Klein, who edited Hippie Family Values, will join director Beverly Seckinger for Q & A after the screening. 

Shot over a period of ten years at a remote communal ranch in New Mexico, HIPPIE FAMILY VALUES is an intimate chronicle of a handful of hippie elders, along with their adult children and grandkids.The film counters dismissive stereotypes with stories of real people whose worldview was forged in the 60s counterculture, and who remain motivated by those youthful convictions in their 60s, 70s and 80s. The founders of this back-to-the-land experiment are slowing down and facing declining health. Will the next generation be able to sustain the community into the future?

A beautiful piece of work…wonderful!
–Chris Roth, Editor, Communities magazine

A magnificent film!
–Robert Gerst, Professor of Liberal Arts, Massachusetts College of Art & Design

A moving, luminous film. Everyone should see it!
–Virginia Scharff, Distinguished Professor of History and Director, Center for the Southwest, University of New Mexico

In the 1960s era thousands of young counterculturists streamed out of cities and settled on the land, seeking to lead simple lives in the company of other like-minded souls. Hippie Family Values captures the spirit of that time beautifully.
–Timothy Miller, author of The Hippies and American Values and The 60s Communes

Documentary | Music 82 min. PG-13. 2019

Director: Andrew Slater
Starring: Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Ringo Starr, Beck, Jackson Browne, Cat Power, Eric Clapton, Norah Jones, Graham Nash, Michelle Phillips, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor

This expansive documentary celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s, giving birth to the California Sound.

Echo in the Canyon celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. It was a moment (1965 to 1967) when bands came to L.A. to emulate The Beatles and Laurel Canyon emerged as a hotbed of creativity and collaboration for a new generation of musicians who would soon put an indelible stamp on the history of American popular music. Featuring Jakob Dylan, the film explores the beginnings of the Laurel Canyon music scene. Dylan uncovers never-before-heard personal details behind the bands and their songs and how that music continues to inspire today. Echo in the Canyon contains candid conversations and performances with Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Michelle Phillips, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn and Jackson Browne as well as contemporary musicians they influenced such as Tom Petty (in his very last film interview), Beck, Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Regina Spektor and Norah Jones.

“By keeping things short, sweet and dutifully tuneful, ECHO IN THE CANYON is like the doc version of one of the period’s sonic nuggets, leaving you with a peace/love/understanding high and a desire to break out the vinyl for more of the same.”—The Los Angeles Times.

I have a feeling Echo in the Canyon will be watched for decades into the future as the essential document of a very specific time and place that changed music forever.—Film Threat

Rich with revealing observations and engaging anecdotes, Slater’s documentary skirts the nostalgia trap by entertainingly connecting with an impressive lineup of contemporary singer-songwriters referencing the influential ‘60s pop style with their own releases. —The Hollywood Reporter