Michael Kalmen

Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.

A San Francisco soap opera

The underpaid staff of a seedy hotel rises up in revolt, and by the time head elevator girl Maxine starts spouting a surreal mix of folk songs and Marxist maxims, followed by an uproariously explicit sex scene, you’ll be ready to join the cause.