HERBERT'S HIPPOPOTAMUS: A STORY OF REVOLUTION IN PARADISE

This documentary examines the turbulent life in California of political philosopher Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979), author of One-Dimensional Man, Reason and Revolution and Eros and Civilization, among other books, professor of philosophy at the University of California San Diego, and a visionary and influential force for the student movement worldwide during the Sixties and Seventies. Blending archival footage, interviews, re- created scenes and voice-over narration, the video profiles not only the life of Marcuse but also the history of student protest and social activism. The video features interviews with Marcuse's student Angela Davis, former UCSD Chancellor William McGill, colleagues Fredric Jameson and Reinhard Lettau, and rare footage of Marcuse and former California Governor Ronald Reagan.

Directed by Paul Alexander Juutilainen
1996, 56 minutes
Purchase: $310 Classroom Rental: $125

* Gold Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival
* Bronze Apple, National Educational Media Network Competition
* Regional Award, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
* Documentary First Prize, UFVA Film and Video Festival

"...an entertaining documentary...a tribute to one of the Sixties' seminal thinkers...serves as a valuable reminder of a time when at least some left-wing academics did more than keep up with current intellectual fashions."-Cineaste

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