When Danish filmmaker Juutilainen traveled to San Diego to attend the University of California, his only knowledge of his new home was that Marxist philosopher Herbert Marcuse had taught there in the late sixties. His exploration of that connection took him to diverse sources ranging from interviews with Marcuse's former students and colleagues, to archival newspaper and TV footage, and Marcuse's own writings. Marcuse, whose involvement with the student movement is legendary, became the focus of attacks by then-Governor Ronald Reagan, Vice President Spiro Agnew, and the American Legion, who sought his firing from the University. Marcuse's commitment to combining scholarly research and political activism was inspirational to many, including Angela Davis, and impacted on the anti-war and Third World student movements. In his personal essay film, Juutilainen constructs a portrait of Marcuse and of the University in the sixties; and of Marcuse's educational philosophy centered on the duty to speak the truth and expose lies and to keep alive what one stands for.-Kathy Geritz