The Source : The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation
(1996)
Nonfiction
eVideo
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Kino Lorber, 1996
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Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 88 min.)) : sd., col
ISBN/ISSN
MWT16996488, 16996488
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Directed by Chuck Workman
Johnny Depp
In this documentary, director Chuck Workman examines the lasting cultural significance of the Beats, focusing mainly on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Neal Cassady. Along the way, these freethinking men became friends and associates, and their writing influenced numerous generations of questioning individuals. Workman combines interviews, TV clips and archival footage in his film, in addition to dramatic readings by notable actors such as Johnny Depp
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