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Centrepoint: A Spiritual Growth Community

Centrepoint: A Spiritual Growth Community
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Centrepoint: A Spiritual Growth Community
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Founded in 1977 by ex-vacuum salesman Bert Potter, Centrepoint was an alternative lifestyle settlement that promoted intimate communal living, along with personal and sexual freedom. This documentary observes members' struggles to reconcile the values of their new home with the outside world. In the second clip, a woman gives birth as Centrepoint members provide support. Director Geoff Steven threatened to take his name off the credits, in a successful bid to avoid the cutting of emotional sc...

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Date created
1980
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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/centrepoint-a-spiritual-growth-community-1980
Related subjects
abuse / child abuse / sexual abuse / cults / cult / freedom / sexuality / geoff steven / commune / communal living / counter-culture / counter culture / psychotherapy / bert potter / albany / centrepoint

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