
Going Furthur is a feature-length documentary film that shows an on-the-ground account of how Ken Kesey, the Merry Pranksters, and the Acid Tests helped to generate a non-conformist society of free thinkers, artists and altruists who are now pushing the evolutionary envelope of human potential.
50 years after the iconic first trip, Ken Kesey’s son Zane took the Furthur Bus and his father’s legacy back on the road for its longest-running tour in history! Armed with a new band of Merry Pranksters, the Furthur bus traveled over 15,000 miles in 75 days, riding into music festivals, community events, tribal gatherings, and national landmarks, reestablishing itself as a symbol of radical self-expression and cultural revolution all across the country. Through archive footage as well as over 400 hours of film, we explore the roots of a culture birthed in the early sixties, and how the mission of those first few idealists have influenced a new generation.

“A fitting sequel to the electric kool-aid acid test."
- RIVER DONAGHEY (VICE MAGAZINE)

“Going Furthur packed the house at CoSM & it was our first Visionary Salon sellout since 'DMT: the Spirit Molecule' This is a movie that people love and is filled with joy, collaboration and creativity. Very colorful, well done!”
- ALLYSON GREY (VISIONARY ARTIST – COSM)

"It’s a total road film. it’s a love story, but the love story is the love of our community. I thought it was beautiful, a testimony to the creative spirit that is still awake across this land. an awakening in the younger generation, very inspiring!“
- ALEX GREY (VISIONARY ARTIST – COSM)

FILM DETAILS
PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY
COLBY REX O'NEILL
MATT PIDUTTI
LINDSAY KENT
CO-PRODUCERS
ZANE KESEY
DEREK STEVENS
NARRATED BY
ALEXANDER POLINSKY
MERRY PRANKSTERS
KEN KESEY
ZANE KESEY
GEORGE WALKER
KEN BABBS
LINDA BREEN
ROY SEBERN
WAVY GRAVY
LEE QUARNSROM
FREDDIE HAHNE
RHONEY STANLEY
ARTISTS & OTHER CAST
ALEX GREY
ALLYSON GREY
TIMOTHY LEARY
ZACH LEARY
DIANA CARR
TONY MOSS
SAM CUTLER
BEN JAMMIN
BILL HANLEY
DUSTIN THOMAS
BRIAN HASSETT
& MANY OTHERS!
ARCHIVE FOOTAGE FROM
ZANE KESEY
THE KESEY ESTATE
ALLEN GINSBERG
BEN VAN METER
MICHAEL LANG
PETE SHAPIRO
NASA
MUSIC BY
THE GRATEFUL DEAD
THE STEVE MILLER BAND
MOONTRICKS
MUMBAII STANDSTILL
FRASE
BEND SINISTER
EMANCIPATOR
JESSE ROPER
ST RANGER
NAHKO & MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE
FORTRESS SOCIAL CLUB
MENDELEYEV
SAMUEL J
PAPADOSIO
COSMAL
WINTER
DEFUNK
MAGIC BUS
DAVEY ALLEN
DAVE EDERY
DANIEL KINGSBURY
ART BY
ALEX GREY
ALLYSON GREY
AUTUMN SKYE MORRISON
MARK HENSON
NICOLAS ROSENFELD
JOSH PAUL
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
DEVEN BRINTON
BRIAN WALSH
VAL YELTON BAUL
PAUL ROMEIN
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
LAUREN HARRIS
ALEXANDER POLINSKY
DANNY MENDLOW