Allen Ginsberg Movies

  • 1974
    Suite 212

    Suite 212

    Suite 212

    01974HD

    Suite 212 is Paik's "personal New York sketchbook," an electronic collage that presents multiple perspectives of New York's media landscape as a...

    Suite 212
  • 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
  • 2022
    Why Is We Americans?

    Why Is We Americans?

    Why Is We Americans?

    02022HD

    The story focuses on Newark's Baraka family and its involvement in social activism, poetry, music, art and politics.

    Why Is We Americans?
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1967
    Be-In

    Be-In

    Be-In

    51967HD

    Captures the spirit and essence of the great San Francisco Human Be-In of January 14, 1967. Ten thousand people imbued with peace, love and euphoria....

    Be-In
  • 1999
    Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

    Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

    Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

    3.61999HD

    One of the most enigmatic artists of the 20th century, writer, composer and wanderer Paul Bowles (1910-1999) is profiled by a filmmaker who has been...

    Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
  • 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
  • 1965
    Wholly Communion

    Wholly Communion

    Wholly Communion

    6.31965HD

    A short film documenting what was referred to as "The International Poetry Incarnation". It was billed as Great Britain's first full-scale...

    Wholly Communion
  • 2007
    65 Revisited

    65 Revisited

    65 Revisited

    9.42007HD

    A collection of rare outtakes and performances from Pennebaker's 1965 documentary Don't Look Back.

    65 Revisited
  • 1973
    Global Groove

    Global Groove

    Global Groove

    7.71973HD

    Global Groove was a collaborative piece by Nam June Paik and John Godfrey. Paik, amongst other artists who shared the same vision in the 1960s, saw...

    Global Groove
  • 1993
    Road Scholar

    Road Scholar

    Road Scholar

    8.51993HD

    Andrei Cordescu, NPR journalist, Romanian immigrant, naturalized American citizen, and newly-licensed driver, sets out on a cross- country road trip....

    Road Scholar
  • 1998
    Brakhage

    Brakhage

    Brakhage

    7.11998HD

    BRAKHAGE explores the depth and breadth of the filmmaker’s genius, the exquisite splendor of his films, his magic personal charm, his aesthetic...

    Brakhage