Allen Ginsberg Movies

  • 1980
    No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

    5.51980HD

    Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt...

    No. 18: Mahagonny
  • 1965
    Wholly Communion

    Wholly Communion

    Wholly Communion

    6.11965HD

    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
  • 1971
    Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family

    Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family

    Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family

    5.31971HD

    The title of this Canadian documentary may have some relation to Canadian Marshall McLuhan's theories. It combines interview with famous U.S....

    Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
  • 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
  • 2007
    The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

    The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

    The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

    02007HD

    The Old, Weird America tracks the history of the Anthology of American Folk Music from its initial compilation of 78 records from rural Americana to...

    The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
  • 2000
    Condo Painting

    Condo Painting

    Condo Painting

    02000HD

    John McNaughton's spotlight on George Condo and his art. The film, which follows the progress of Condo's large-scale oil painting Big Red over the...

    Condo Painting
  • 2020
    Symphony Of The Invisible

    Symphony Of The Invisible

    Symphony Of The Invisible

    02020HD

    "Symphony of the Invisible" is a reflection on creation and how through art, poetry and images you can break the limits that have been imposed on...

    Symphony Of The Invisible
  • 1985
    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

    7.51985HD

    An ironic New York City thriller involving a mafioso and a restless, witty lawyer.

    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
  • 1968
    A.G.

    A.G.

    A.G.

    01968HD

    Experimental film by Ugo Nespolo.

    A.G.
  • 1997
    Happy Birthday to John

    Happy Birthday to John

    Happy Birthday to John

    4.81997HD

    On October 9th, 1972 an exhibition of John Lennon/Yoko Ono's art, designed by the Master of the Fluxus movement, George Maciunas, opened at the...

    Happy Birthday to John
  • 1971
    Johnny Minotaur

    Johnny Minotaur

    Johnny Minotaur

    51971HD

    Johnny Minotaur is a lyrical explosion of taboos: incest, intergenerational desire, pansexuality and autoeroticism are a few of the issues Charles...

    Johnny Minotaur
  • 1969
    The Fall

    The Fall

    The Fall

    71969HD

    "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
    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
  • 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
  • 1993
    Road Scholar

    Road Scholar

    Road Scholar

    81993HD

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

    Road Scholar
  • 1990
    Summer of Love

    Summer of Love

    Summer of Love

    01990HD

    Produced in collaboration with MICA-TV, Summer of Love is a public service announcement produced for the American Foundation for AIDS Research....

    Summer of Love
  • 1994
    ChickenHawk

    ChickenHawk

    ChickenHawk

    5.91994HD

    Members of the controversial group NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) discuss why their organization supports "boys and men who have or...

    ChickenHawk
  • 1998
    Brakhage

    Brakhage

    Brakhage

    71998HD

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

    Brakhage
  • 1967
    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    01967HD

    The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is applied to the War in Vietnam. The film is experimental...

    Joan of Arc
  • 1997
    No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg

    No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg

    No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg

    11997HD

    Witness the last days of the Beat poet whose works would capture the very essence of the 1960 counter-cultural movement in an informative documentary...

    No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg