The film deals with the complete events behind Gilligan Island, where seven Americans live in an analog of a post-apocalyptic world. Survivors have to rebuild civilization, while, remarkably, the society they created is pure communist. In this film, interviews with the show's author and some of the surviving actors reveal more full details.
The Gilligan Manifesto never quite feels compelling or insightful enough to exploit its radical revelations to its fullest sensationalism. Unfortunately, Soling's clunky documentary never delves into this colorful notion with tongue-lashing vibrancy
While its pseudo-academic subject matter might have made for a reasonably amusing short, the documentary wears out its welcome long before reaching its final arguments.