The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
1994 · Movie · 83 min
★ 6.5(9)unSUB Rating
Visionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, champion of human rights, Buddhist, political activist and teacher - Allen Ginsberg's remarkable life shaped the very soul of American counterculture. For 25 years, Academy Award-nominated director Jerry Aronson accumulated more than 60 hours of film on Ginsberg, resulting in this definitive portrait of one of America's greatest poets.
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Details
- Years
- 1994
- Release date
- 1994-02-17
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 83 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 5.7/10 (9 votes)
Themes
- political activism
- american culture
- archive footage
- social activism
- beat generation
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
- political documentary
- social & cultural documentary
- beat poetry
- biographical documentary
Cast & crew
Allen Ginsberg
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Kerouac
as Self (archive footage)
William S. Burroughs
as Self
Abbie Hoffman
as Self (archive footage)
Ken Kesey
as Self
William F. Buckley Jr.
as Self
Timothy Leary
as Self
Norman Mailer
as Self
Joan Baez
as Self
Directed by Jerry Aronson