Once Around the Sun

Once Around the Sun

A Psychedelic Joyride.

2012 · 74 min · Music, Documentary

AT LAST, the long-lost film inspired by Australia's first rock festival - The Pilgrimage For Pop Festival - at Ourimbah, near Sydney in 1970.

Directed by David Huggett · Written by David Huggett

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