It is the end of the 1960s. It is the end of an era. The United States is poised at the threshold of a turbulent time in modern history. President Nixon has captured the White House and the U.S. war in Vietnam continues with all of its televised carnage. Perry, a sheltered chemist, falls in love with Leslie, a former homecoming princess, when he is selected to be a jury member at her hippie death cult murder trial. Perry has always done what is expected of him. He was a straight-A student who got a good job at a chemical company and proposed to his virgin Christian girlfriend, Dorothy. Leslie took a different path after she was traumatized by the Kennedy assassinations, her abortion and the divorce of her parents. Her answer was LSD. She joined a hippie death cult and helped murder a God-fearing citizen in her own home. When Perry and Leslie lock eyes across the court at Leslie's murder trial, Perry is forced to confront the darkest deepest parts of himself and by extension, society.
85 minutes - Drama
Release date: May 21, 2010
Canadian distributor: E1 Entertainment Canada
Review by Glen Russell
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