The film’s scrapbook style fits with the performances and with the anecdotal episodes in between—as when the notoriously hirsute Mr. Banhart recounts being mistaken for Jesus during an overnight stay in a Brooklyn jail.

Time makes Mr. Barker’s modest film a more valuable pop-culture artifact than he might have imagined, but its charms guarantee enjoyable viewing even if these folks had vanished into obscurity.

Dollar, Steve, “Awakened Identities” The Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2011.

When you land on the Wall Street Journal’s page, you’ll need to scroll down to see their review of The Family Jams.