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Documentary

Beat Generation(2014)

9.2(2)

55m

2014-02-08

Tells the story of the wonderful and long-lasting friendship between Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs that gave birth to the Beat Generation movement.

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Keywords

freedom of speechsexual freedomanti conformitycounter-culture

male camaraderie

beat generation

transgression

camaraderie

artistic risk

artistic couple

artistic legacy

artistic freedom

counterculture

generational divide

generational clash

manifesto

creative freedom

artistic collaborations

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Top Cast

Anasthasie Tudieshe

Narrator (voice)

William S. Burroughs (voice)

Damien Boisseau

Damien Boisseau

Allen Ginsberg (voice)

Éric Herson-Macarel

Éric Herson-Macarel

Jack Kerouac (voice)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)