In Hippie Chick, a rebellious teenager finds her mother dead in 
the bathroom. To save her from living alone with a difficult father, her
 older sister sends her a one-way plane ticket to leave New Jersey. 
Landing in San Francisco, she is thrust into a lifestyle way beyond what
 she is ready for, and that challenges all previous notions of how one 
behaves. It is 1963, and we are brought along as Ilene becomes immersed 
in the unfolding of the sixties during the earliest days of sexual 
freedom, psychedelic drugs, the jazz scene, and rock ’n’ roll. This is a
 deeply personal story of how one young woman manages to survive and 
even to thrive in the face of the whirlwind of experiences coming at 
her. It is filled with a rich tapestry of moments that run the gamut 
from the sublime to the ridiculous, and everything in between.