List of the best Allen Ginsberg movies: Before Stonewall(1984), Chappaqua(1966), Renaldo and Clara(1978), Jonas in the Desert(1994), Poetry in Motion(1982) ... ...
Documentary, Drama, History
USA
1984
87 Minutes
Allen Ginsberg Harry Hay Frank Kameny Audre Lorde Donna Smith
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The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.
Drama
France|USA
1966
92 Minutes
Messiah
Conrad Rooks Jean-Louis Barrault William S. Burroughs Paula Pritchett Allen Ginsberg Ravi Shankar Ornette Coleman Pascal Aubier Penny Brown Peter Orlovsky Rita Renoir
Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran.
Drama
USA
1978
232 Minutes
The Father
Bob Dylan Sara Dylan Joan Baez Ronnie Hawkins Jack Elliott Harry Dean Stanton Bob Neuwirth Allen Ginsberg Mel Howard David Mansfield Jack Baran
Bob Dylan on tour with the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975; concert footage, documentary interviews and bizarre improvised character scenes.
Documentary
Germany
1994
123 Minutes
Diahnne Abbott Jochen Arbeit Stanley Bard Karen Black Eileen Bowser Stan Brakhage Nick Cave Merce Cunningham Henry Geldzahler Allen Ginsberg George Gund
Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of independent U.S. movies; founder and director of the New York Anthology Film Archive.
Documentary
Canada
1982
90 Minutes
Helen Adam Miguel Algarín Amiri Baraka Ted Berrigan Charles Bukowski William S. Burroughs John Cage Jim Carroll Jayne Cortez Robert Creeley Christopher Dewdney
More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Several also comment. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem.... See full summary »