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The life and times of Allen Ginsberg

Ginsberg, Allen -- 1926-1997 (Added Author). Aronson, Jerry. (Added Author). First-Run Features (Firm) (Added Author).

Depicts Allen Ginsberg, an American poet and social activist in the different decades of his life and activities.

DVD  - 2006
811.54 Life
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Subject
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
Poets, American > 20th century > Biography.
Beats (Persons)
United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980.
Poètes américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Beatniks.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1960-1980.
Beat generation.
Genre
Biographical films.
Biographies.
Video recordings.
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher [New York, NY] : [First Run Features], [2006?]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.
GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note: The forties : o tenderness in the middle of time -- The fifties : hydrogen jukebox -- The sixties : drunken dumbshow -- The seventies : mind breaths -- The eighties and nineties : musings.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Editors, Nathaniel Dorsky, Jerry Aronson ; camera, Jean de Segonzac, Roger Carter, Richard Lerner ; music, Tom Capek ; post-production, Izzie Jimenez.
Participant or Performer Note: Commentary, Allen Ginsberg, Dick Cavett, William F. Buckley, Eugene Brooks Ginsberg, Hannah Litzky, Edith Ginsberg, Louis Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, William Burroughs, Michael McClure, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Norman Mailer, Abbie Hoffman, Joan Baez, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, Ed Sanders.
System Details Note:
DVD.