Karl Hess: Toward Liberty

A multiple Oscar-winning documentary from 1980 looking at Karl Hess an anarchist, ecologist, libertarian intellectual and activist, from his background as a magazine editor in his youth to his work as a Republican speechwriter, as he became simultaneously a writer for Barry Goldwater and a member of Students for a Democratic Society.

In the late 1960s Hess rejected the Republican party and embarked on a new period in his life, moving to rural West Virginia and becoming involved in movements promoting alternative technologies and renewable energy. He discusses his views opposing large institutions, ranging from government to corporations to universities and the inspiration he received from Emma Goldman.

[Low image quality:  Pulled from a VHS copy of a copy of a copy, but the only one online.]