Presented by VTIFF and Mt. Philo Inn
Watch the film in the same house that the film takes place and in which the commune lived!
The event will include appetizers, wine (from Village Wine and Coffee) and beer (from Zero Gravity Brewery), with an opportunity to meet and greet the people involved with the films and to have a tour of the Inn. The screening is FREE, with a suggested donation of $20 or more to help towards VAMP’s costs of restoring Vermont films.
***Followed by Q&A with Bridget Meyer and other commune members***
Directed by Robert Machover & Michael Singer | Documentary | 23 mins |1973
A documentary film portrait of the Mt. Philo, VT commune in the early 1970s.
The Mt. Philo Inn Commune was established in 1970 and lasted until 1975. During that time this group of activists were instrumental in forming People’s Free Clinic, now known as Community Health Center in Burlington, serving a largely immigrant population, the Burlington Co-op, now the thriving City Market, Vermont Legal Aid, and The Schoolhouse, an alternative school.
This film was remastered and digitized by VAMP (Vermont Archive Movie Project) in 2018. VAMP is a program of VTIFF. Its mission is to locate, catalog, remaster and make available to the public Vermont film’s heritage. VAMP has an online searchable database of Vermont films. Click HERE to browse the database.
About the Inn today: Situated at Mt. Philo State Park, with stunning panoramic views of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains, the Mt. Philo Inn offers guests privacy, space and tranquility. The Inn features four spacious suites available by the night, week and month, three 3-bedroom and one 2-bedroom, located in separate wings of the building. Each suite is an entire floor of the inn, with a complete kitchen, 2 bathrooms, living rooms, porch and private entrance.