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About Life in Oregon's Hidden Off-Grid Community | Unpaved: Respite from the World (Documentary, 2023)

A hauntingly beautiful farmland, hidden somewhere in Oregon's mountains, is home to horses and dogs, ex-cons and ex-addicts, drummers, dreamers and Bigfoot hunters. Steve is a kind-hearted landlord who allows his renters to be late with the rent - or not pay rent at all. Amber is the woman Steve can't stop loving, even when she betrays him. Buzz isolates himself in a tent, nurturing dreams of an expedition with his mule. Ron spent a decade in prison and now dwells in a forest cabin with Gale, whose father is suddenly rushed to hospital. Tom Junior has conquered the meth addiction that killed his brother and is now patiently cooking food for Tom Senior. The passionate drummer Sky is convinced that Bigfoot hides in the woodlands. Mikael Lypinski approaches this nonconformist village with curiosity and a deeply felt humanism, capturing poetic, humoristic moments in the lives of its characters. Unpaved is a patchwork of interweaving stories and destinies, offering a moving insight into off-grid America, where people have turned their backs to society to live in sync with nature. Unpaved

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Life in Oregon's Hidden Off-Grid Community | Unpaved: Respite from the World (Documentary, 2023)
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71 minutes
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