New Documentary "Pretty Ugly" Tells the Story of The Lunachicks
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.

An isolated movie theater projectionist named Terance deals homemade psychedelics on a mission to change the collective conscience and wake up the world. Terance is convinced his homemade LSD will shake us from our apathetic daze. Refusing payment, he has only one condition, to “tell the right people.” But when the wrong crowd catches on and his underground crusade begins to unravel, Terance must make a choice—succumb, or escalate his one-man enlightenment project into something far more explosive.
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.
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