LIFE & TIMES OF ALLEN GINSBERG

The Life and Times of Allen GinsbergVisionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, 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 Allen Ginsberg, resulting in this comprehensive portrait of one of America's greatest poets, author of "Howl" and other groundbreaking poems. The DVD includes exclusive and revealing interviews with his friends, family and contemporaries as well as never-before-seen materials made public because of the warm friendship that developed between subject and director. This compilation reveals the last 70 years of American culture beginning with the Beat era in the post-war Forties and Fifties, continuing through the revolutionary Sixties and concluding with the uncertainty and possibility of current times.6 Hours of Bonus Material Includes:Exclusive InterviewsFeaturette: "The Making of the Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg"Ginsberg reading selected poemsBob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg at Jack Kerouac’s graveWilliam Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg at Naropa UniversityNeal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg at City Lights bookstoreThe Making of the Music Video "A Ballad of the Skeletons"Ginsberg guides us through an exhibition of his photographsExcerpts from "Allen’s Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit" by Jonas MekasThe LIFE & TIMES OF ALLEN GINSBERG

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