Allen Ginsberg Movies

  • 1974
    Suite 212

    Suite 212

    Suite 212

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    Suite 212 is Paik's "personal New York sketchbook," an electronic collage that presents multiple perspectives of New York's media landscape as a...

    Suite 212
  • 2002
    American Magus

    American Magus

    American Magus

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    A documentary about the brilliant and versatile cult figure Harry Smith (1923-1991) – compiler of a famous three-part folk album, film-maker,...

    American Magus
  • 2006
    Dylan Speaks 1965

    Dylan Speaks 1965

    Dylan Speaks 1965

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    The legendary press conference in San Fransisco at KQED studios on Dec. 3rd 1965. This was a pivotal year in Bob Dylan's career. In the early part...

    Dylan Speaks 1965
  • 1961
    Guns of the Trees

    Guns of the Trees

    Guns of the Trees

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    A depressed woman, Barbara, is on the verge of suicide while a man she meets in a church and a married couple try to convince her that life is worth...

    Guns of the Trees
  • 1967
    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

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    The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is applied to the War in Vietnam. The film is experimental...

    Joan of Arc
  • 2012
    The Beat Hotel

    The Beat Hotel

    The Beat Hotel

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    The Beat Hotel, a new film by Alan Govenar, goes deep into the legacy of the American Beats in Paris during the heady years between 1957 and 1963,...

    The Beat Hotel
  • 1965
    Wholly Communion

    Wholly Communion

    Wholly Communion

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    A short film documenting what was referred to as "The International Poetry Incarnation". It was billed as Great Britain's first full-scale...

    Wholly Communion
  • 2008
    Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

    Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

    Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

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    LSD Guru Tim Leary teaches us all to die by dying himself in what he calls his "custom death". This documentary deals with Mr. Leary's last days, all...

    Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
  • 1986
    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

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    Presents an intimate view of four decades of the Swiss-born artist Robert Frank who has had an extraordinary influence on contemporary photography...

    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
  • 2024
    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

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    The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
  • 1980
    Lake Placid '80

    Lake Placid '80

    Lake Placid '80

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    Paik produced this exuberant, high-speed collage as a commission for the National Fine Arts Committee of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. In a...

    Lake Placid '80
  • 1965
    He! Viva Dada

    He! Viva Dada

    He! Viva Dada

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    Report from the second free expression festival organized at the American Cultural Center, Boulevard Raspail, in May 1965. The shows, all happenings...

    He! Viva Dada
  • 1986
    Autumn Ritual

    Autumn Ritual

    Autumn Ritual

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    Artists, Philosophers, Musicians, Politicians and more offer their thoughts on Pro Football, in this 1986 film produced by NFL Films.

    Autumn Ritual
  • 1997
    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

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    This is a video record of the Buddhist Wake ceremony at Allen Ginsberg's apartment. You see Allen, now asleep forever, in his bed; some of his close...

    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
  • 1967
    Hare Krishna

    Hare Krishna

    Hare Krishna

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    A short film from Jonas Mekas depicting an afternoon in New York of people joining in singing "Hare Hare"

    Hare Krishna
  • 1989
    Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

    Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

    Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

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    Maria Beatty's documentary exploring the insights and influences of the American Beat Poets. The film conveys their consciousness and sensibility...

    Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
  • 1973
    Global Groove

    Global Groove

    Global Groove

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    Global Groove was a collaborative piece by Nam June Paik and John Godfrey. Paik, amongst other artists who shared the same vision in the 1960s, saw...

    Global Groove
  • 2014
    The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

    The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

    The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

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    Documentary about western popular music concerts as bearer tendencies of democracy and freedom in the Czechoslovak area in period 1965 - 1990. Unique...

    The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
  • 1976
    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

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    A road movie whose journey intersects with and extends the events of the International Counter-Culture Meeting that took place in 1975 in Montreal....

    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
  • 1968
    Chicago

    Chicago

    Chicago

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    UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A striking documentary shot cinema verite style of the 1968 Democratic National...

    Chicago