Allen Ginsberg Movies

  • 2026
    Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC

    Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC

    Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC

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    John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and Special Guests performed these now-legendary sold-out One To One concerts to a combined...

    Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC
  • 1969
    Bed Peace

    Bed Peace

    Bed Peace

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    John and Yoko in the presidential suite at the Hilton Amsterdam, which they had decorated with hand-drawn signs above their bed reading "Bed Peace."...

    Bed Peace
  • 2014
    Beat Generation

    Beat Generation

    Beat Generation

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

    Beat Generation
  • 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

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

    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
  • 1994
    Moving Pictures

    Moving Pictures

    Moving Pictures

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    "Today memory creeps along the wall at Seven Bleecker. In the back of my eyes, longings and obsessions, Outside someone is yelling Robert! I love New...

    Moving Pictures
  • 1994
    The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

    The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

    The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

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    Visionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human rights, Buddhist, political...

    The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
  • 1968
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

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    Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s New York, interweaving moments with family,...

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 1967
    Hare Krishna

    Hare Krishna

    Hare Krishna

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    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
  • 2015
    Don't Blink - Robert Frank

    Don't Blink - Robert Frank

    Don't Blink - Robert Frank

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    The life and work of Robert Frank—as a photographer and a filmmaker—are so intertwined that they're one in the same, and the vast amount...

    Don't Blink - Robert Frank
  • 1984
    Before Stonewall

    Before Stonewall

    Before Stonewall

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    New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back...

    Before Stonewall
  • 2026
    May Day x 4

    May Day x 4

    May Day x 4

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    Drawing on archival footage from four separate film productions that documented the protests of early May, 1970, this short film creates a...

    May Day x 4
  • 1968
    Chicago

    Chicago

    Chicago

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    UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A striking documentary shot cinema verite style of the 1968 Democratic National...

    Chicago
  • 1997
    Ballad of the Skeletons

    Ballad of the Skeletons

    Ballad of the Skeletons

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    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
  • 1984
    Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

    Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

    Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

    8.11984HD

    In his book "1984", George Orwell saw the television of the future as a control instrument in the hands of Big Brother. Right at the start of the...

    Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
  • 2010
    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

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    A riveting and emotional journey into the world of writer William S. Burroughs, a man considered as cold as an iceberg on a winter night.

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
  • 1994
    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

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    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
  • 1997
    A Poet from the Lower East Side

    A Poet from the Lower East Side

    A Poet from the Lower East Side

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    Filmmaker Gyula Gazdag's fascinating documentary follows Hungarian poet, playwright and activist István Eörsi on a trip to the streets of...

    A Poet from the Lower East Side
  • 2003
    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

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    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'
  • 1986
    Autumn Ritual

    Autumn Ritual

    Autumn Ritual

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    Artists, Philosophers, Musicians, Politicians and more offer their thoughts on Pro Football, in this 1986 film produced by NFL Films.

    Autumn Ritual
  • 1981
    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

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    A short documentary about the First National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which took place on Sunday, October 14th 1979.

    Greetings from Washington, D.C.