Allen Ginsberg Movies

  • 2003
    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

    82003HD

    A documentary about the film, I am Curious-Yellow (1967), and how it made it into the USA and changed film in USA forever by breaking the USA...

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
  • 1997
    Ballad of the Skeletons

    Ballad of the Skeletons

    Ballad of the Skeletons

    5.81997HD

    A close-up of Allen Ginsberg reciting his “skeletons” poem is bluescreened and dissolved against archival film and video clips, and...

    Ballad of the Skeletons
  • 1989
    Growing Up in America

    Growing Up in America

    Growing Up in America

    8.51989HD

    Filmmaker Morley Markson shows Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, and other '60s rebels, then and now in a follow up to his...

    Growing Up in America
  • 1994
    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

    6.41994HD

    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...

    Jonas in the Desert
  • 2012
    Norman Mailer: The American

    Norman Mailer: The American

    Norman Mailer: The American

    72012HD

    A provocateur, a rebel, a performer, and a true American, Norman Mailer never stopped giving people something to talk about. This documentary goes...

    Norman Mailer: The American
  • 1984
    Burroughs: The Movie

    Burroughs: The Movie

    Burroughs: The Movie

    71984HD

    An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion...

    Burroughs: The Movie
  • 1968
    Underground New York

    Underground New York

    Underground New York

    01968HD

    A rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixities, a turbulent time and place that was to change...

    Underground New York
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

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    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 1973
    Ciao! Manhattan

    Ciao! Manhattan

    Ciao! Manhattan

    5.51973HD

    Fiction and documentary mingle in a freewheeling portrait of Susan Superstar, a New York celebrity on a drug-fueled downward slide that mirrors Edie...

    Ciao! Manhattan
  • 1969
    The Fall

    The Fall

    The Fall

    7.21969HD

    "The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by the independent filmmaker, Peter Whitehead. It is a...

    The Fall
  • 1968
    Yippie

    Yippie

    Yippie

    5.41968HD

    The Youth International Party, whose members were commonly called Yippies, was a radically youth-oriented and countercultural revolutionary group...

    Yippie
  • 2009
    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    52009HD

    The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters. For well over a half century, Ferlinghetti...

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
  • 2017
    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    42017HD

    The 94-year-old Robert Frank’s unique recordings of his fellow artists Harry Smith and Allen Ginsberg, which he had salvaged from his own...

    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
  • 1980
    La marche gaie

    La marche gaie

    La marche gaie

    4.81980HD

    A short documentary about the October 14 1979 March For Lesbian And Gay Rights in Washington D.C.

    La marche gaie
  • 2008
    Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

    Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

    Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

    02008HD

    LSD Guru Tim Leary teaches us all to die by dying himself in what he calls his "custom death". This documentary deals with Mr. Leary's last days, all...

    Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
  • 1973
    We Can't Go Home Again

    We Can't Go Home Again

    We Can't Go Home Again

    6.11973HD

    Nicholas Ray plays himself, acting as mentor, friend, and artistic inspiration to his students at Binghamton. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive...

    We Can't Go Home Again
  • 1967
    Hare Krishna

    Hare Krishna

    Hare Krishna

    4.91967HD

    Jonas Mekas captures an afternoon in New York as a Hare Krishna group fills the streets with chanting and song. Filmed with his characteristic...

    Hare Krishna
  • 1967
    Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

    Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

    Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

    71967HD

    5 psychedelic short films, broadcast on the French/German tv channel "arte" on 2007-07-16 "Be-In" USA 1967, 7 min "Beatles Electronique" USA...

    Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
  • 1979
    Gay March on Washington

    Gay March on Washington

    Gay March on Washington

    01979HD

    UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Documentary from Community Video Center San Diego about the Gay Rights March on...

    Gay March on Washington
  • 2006
    Allen Ginsberg Sings Blues

    Allen Ginsberg Sings Blues

    Allen Ginsberg Sings Blues

    02006HD

    This was taped in March 1990 at my 491 Broadway place. It is with Allen Ginsberg, Gozo Yashimasu, Leo Adams, others. From the cycle of FIRST FORTY I...

    Allen Ginsberg Sings Blues