The Beat Generation: An American Dream

6.2 1987 86 min
Documentary

Using original film clips and interviews, this film illustrates the 1950s social movement termed the Beat Generation. Disillusioned with post-World War II America, Beat Generation writers and painters came together beca…

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Janet Forman
Writers
Regina Weinreich, Janet Forman

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