Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- 005756
Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Lydia Lunch, Diane di Prima, Henry Rollins, Richard Hell, Marianne Faithfull
Originally produced by MVD Entertainment Group in 1989.
This engaging documentary explores the insights and influences of the American Beat Poets. The film conveys their consciousness and sensibility through candid interviews with William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Diane Di Prima, among others.. Designed as a tribute to them and to their spirit of artistic freedom, GANG OF SOULS also weaves in additional commentary from contemporary musicians, poets and writers such as Marianne Faithfull, Richard Hell, Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins. The film seeks to truly capture the magic of the Beat generation and it's continuing legacy. It brilliantly expands upon how the poets reached new levels of creativity and inspired unprecedented social change.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
2354299 Kanopy
History, Modern.
Literature.
North American Studies
Documentary films.
Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Lydia Lunch, Diane di Prima, Henry Rollins, Richard Hell, Marianne Faithfull
Originally produced by MVD Entertainment Group in 1989.
This engaging documentary explores the insights and influences of the American Beat Poets. The film conveys their consciousness and sensibility through candid interviews with William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Diane Di Prima, among others.. Designed as a tribute to them and to their spirit of artistic freedom, GANG OF SOULS also weaves in additional commentary from contemporary musicians, poets and writers such as Marianne Faithfull, Richard Hell, Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins. The film seeks to truly capture the magic of the Beat generation and it's continuing legacy. It brilliantly expands upon how the poets reached new levels of creativity and inspired unprecedented social change.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
2354299 Kanopy
History, Modern.
Literature.
North American Studies
Documentary films.