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Reunion of poets from the "Beat" generation at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado: Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Timothy Leary, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Diana Di Prima, Meredith Monk, Amiri Baraka, Anne Waldman, Miguel Pine...

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Corporate Authors: Carmina Cinematografica (Firm), Mystic Fire Video, Inc, Fox Lorber Associates
Other Authors: Allione, Costanzo, Pivano, Fernanda, Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997, Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010, Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996, Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997, Corso, Gregory, Di Prima, Diane, Monk, Meredith, Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014, Waldman, Anne, 1945-, Piñero, Miguel, Algarín, Miguel, Trungpa, Chögyam, 1939-1987
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Montauk, NY : Mystic Fire Video ; [1999]
Series:Beat box set.
Subjects:
Beats (Persons)
Poets, American > 20th century.
Poets, American > 20th century > Interviews.
American poetry > 20th century.
Ginsberg, Allen, > 1926-1997.
Leary, Timothy, > 1920-1996.
Orlovsky, Peter, > 1933-2010.
Burroughs, William S., > 1914-1997.
Corso, Gregory.
Di Prima, Diane.
Monk, Meredith.
Baraka, Amiri, > 1934-2014.
Waldman, Anne, > 1945-
Piñero, Miguel.
Algarín, Miguel.
Trungpa, Chögyam, > 1939-1987.
Documentary films.
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Summary:Reunion of poets from the "Beat" generation at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado: Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Timothy Leary, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Diana Di Prima, Meredith Monk, Amiri Baraka, Anne Waldman, Miguel Pinero, Miguel Algarin, and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Item Description:Originally released as a documentary film in 1979.
Publication date on container: 1978; publication date on set container: 1999.
Part of a five-video set, The Beat box set, presented as a collection of independent films about the American literary movement of the Beat Poets. The set also includes "Kerouac," "William S. Burroughs: commissioner of sewers," "Love Lion," and "The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (55 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Editors, Mark Elliott, Costanzo Allione ; camera, ALberto Grifi ; music, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Paul Joel.