
Filmmakers (and canyon residents) Alexander and Anne Christine Von Wetter filmed this documentary for German Television in the early 1970s as a revealing close-up of an extraordinary period in America. The camera masters and 16mm negative were consequently lost to a devastating fire. Luckily, a lone VHS copy had been made, which spent the next 30 years on the studio shelf. The VHS was found heavily damaged, but a restoration team managed to salvage a fair grade of quality, which has since been remastered.
You can stream In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s on Kanopy.
In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s was directed by Alexander von Wetter.
In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s runs for 52min, and was released in 2017.
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