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Hot Docs is pleased to open the 2012-13 season of its Doc Soup monthly screening series with the international premiere of THE SOURCE (D: Maria Demopoulos and Jodi Wille, USA, 99 min.). THE SOURCE will screen on Wednesday, October 3, at 6:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., and on Thursday, October 4, at 6:45 p.m. at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor St. West. Filmmakers Maria Demopoulos and Jodi Wille will be in attendance to introduce the film and answer questions following the screenings.

The Source Family was a radical experiment in ’70s utopian living. Their outlandish style, popular health food restaurant, rock band, and beautiful women made them the darlings of Hollywood’s Sunset Strip; but their outsider ideals and the unconventional behavior of their spiritual leader, Father Yod, caused controversy with local authorities. They fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise. Years later, the rock band reforms and other former family members resurface, revealing how their time with Father Yod shaped them in the most unexpected ways. THE SOURCE tells their story through remarkable archival home movies, photos, audio and music created by the Family.

Single tickets for THE SOURCE are $15 and can be purchased in advance online at www.hotdocs.ca or in person at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema box office. In the event advance tickets sell out, a limited number of tickets may be available at the door on the night of the screening. Select subscription packages for Toronto’s Doc Soup are still available for purchase. New this year, Hot Docs has introduced a special Doc Soup Student 6-Pack for $35 ($90 value), valid for Wednesday 9:15 p.m. screenings. Subscriptions and Student 6-Packs can be purchased online at www.hotdocs.ca, in person that the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema box office, or by phone at 416-637-5150.

New this year, due to popular demand a third screening for each month’s Doc Soup selection has been added. Upcoming screening dates for Toronto’s Doc Soup are November 7 and 8, December 5 and 6, January 9 and 10, February 6 and 7, March 6 and 7 and April 3 and 4. Doc Soup titles are announced at least one month prior to their screenings and, whenever possible, guest directors are in attendance.

The Doc Soup monthly screening series brings the latest Canadian and international documentaries to the big screen in Toronto and Calgary. Hot Docs also presents Best of Hot Docs weekends in Vancouver and Winnipeg.