Grass roots, rural communes in the U.S.A.

Directed and produced by Luciano Martinengo and Thomas Wahlberg

Analyzes several American communes, including the Twin Oaks community in Virginia, based on B.F. Skinner's theories of behaviorism; an anarchists' community in Maryland; a network of loosely connected communities in California; and the Lama Foundation, a community based on various religious disciplines. Discusses such topics as economy, division of work, sex roles, the individual relating to the collective, and the upbringing of children

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