Following Sean

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| director = Ralph Arlyck

| producer = Ralph Arlyck
Malcolm Pullinger

| writer = Ralph Arlyck

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| music = Eric Neveux

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| editing = Malcolm Pullinger

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| released = {{Film date|2005}}

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| country = United States

| language = English

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Following Sean is a 2005 documentary film directed by Ralph Arlyck, and a follow-up to his 1969 student short Sean, which features four-year-old Sean's thoughts on marijuana (including his own use), police presence, and freewheeling lifestyles. The film's notoriety landed a screening in the White House and a variety of predictions regarding the outcome of Sean's life - whether he could grow up to embody the hippy philosophy, or whether he would turn out a drug dealer or stock broker.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/followingsean/ |title=PBS Synopsis |access-date=2017-08-28 |archive-date=2008-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080717235056/http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/followingsean/about.html |url-status=live }}

Following Sean picks up in the mid-1990s and turns Sean's story into a meditation on generational changes and legacies that are handed down as a result of choices made in heated political climates. The film was met with high critical praise, receiving an 86% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10006378/ Rotten Tomatoes] and a 64 on Metacritic.[http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/followingsean Metacritic]