STAY TUNED AFTER THE MOVIE FOR CAST & CREW Q&A'S, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MERRY PRANKSTERS and SPECIAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCES!
Fifty years after the iconic first Trip, Ken Kesey’s son Zane took the Furthur Bus - and his father’s legacy- back on the road, for its longest running tour in history. Armed with a new band of Merry Pranksters, the Furthur bus traveled over 15,000 miles in 75 days, riding into music festivals, community events, tribal gatherings and national landmarks, reestablishing itself as a symbol of radical self-expression and cultural revolution all across the country.
Through archive footage as well as over 400 hours of film, we explore the roots of a culture birthed in the early sixties, and how the mission of those first few idealists have influenced a new generation. This is an on-the-ground account of how Ken Kesey, the pranksters and the acid tests helped to generate a non-conformist society of free thinkers, artists and altruists who are now pushing the evolutionary envelope of human potential.
Reviews
“I loved seeing Going Furthur! It was a beautiful testament to a worldwide movement that started in the 60’s, and was part of the magic bus that an entire generation got on, and then thought about. Then 50 years later to have it rekindled by Zane and all of the crew that went across the country… It’s a total road film, it’s a love story; but the love story is the love of our community. I thought it was beautiful. I thought it was a testimony to the creative spirit that is still awake across this land, an awakening in the younger generation, and it was very inspiring!“ -Alex Grey
“Put your good where it will do the most,” …….. as Ken Kesey said, and Wavy Gravy recounted in the luminous new documentary, Going Furthur. This movie is really funny — and not in a you-had-to-be-there way. A huge part of the Merry Band of Pranksters’ essence (as Ken Babbs first dubbed them) was their playfulness and sense of humor. The Pranksters were pioneers in a lot of ways — and one of them was being the first people to not take Pranksters seriously. This film crew didn’t just show up for a couple days and collect some footage. They lived on it for three months, start to finish, on the 50th anniversary tour in 2014, celebrating the historic Neal Cassady-driven trip across the country in 1964. And something happens to you when you’re surrounded by Pranksters morning, noon and night.” -Brian Hassett, Author of Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac
“It’s not often that a film speaks to me like this one has. It’s message is one of love, hope and expanding ones sense of themselves and the world we all live in. I believe the times we live in need this message. I would like to tip my hat to the filmmakers and the cast of this superb documentary!.” -Chris Foster, Bloomington, IN
