Beat Poetry Movies

  • 2013
    Big Sur

    Big Sur

    Big Sur

    52013HD

    Big Sur is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac autobiographical novel of the same name.

    Big Sur
  • 1960
    The Subterraneans

    The Subterraneans

    The Subterraneans

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    A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.

    The Subterraneans
  • 2008
    Chicago 10

    Chicago 10

    Chicago 10

    62008HD

    Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic...

    Chicago 10
  • 1959
    Pull My Daisy

    Pull My Daisy

    Pull My Daisy

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    Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose...

    Pull My Daisy
  • 2008
    A Line a Day Must Be Enough!

    A Line a Day Must Be Enough!

    A Line a Day Must Be Enough!

    02008HD

    In a film bursting with lyrics, pictures, and music the director shows us a way into the peculiar universe of Tóroddur, and the otherwise not...

    A Line a Day Must Be Enough!
  • 2019
    The Honey Bee

    The Honey Bee

    The Honey Bee

    02019HD

    Beat poem parable to black youth.

    The Honey Bee
  • 2022
    Black Lodge

    Black Lodge

    Black Lodge

    02022HD

    Set in a nightmarish Bardo, a place between death and rebirth, a tormented writer faces down demons of his own making. Forced to confront the darkest...

    Black Lodge
  • 2014
    William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash

    William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash

    William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash

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    To celebrate the 100th birthday of America's most audacious writer, William S. Burroughs, Chicago Humanities Festival brings together a motley crew...

    William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash
  • 2024
    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    02024HD

    The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
  • 2004
    Beat Angel

    Beat Angel

    Beat Angel

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    Jack Kerouac returns to earth as an angel with the goal of changing the life of a struggling writer.

    Beat Angel
  • 2005
    Living on the Edge: The Poetic Works of Gérald Leblanc

    Living on the Edge: The Poetic Works of Gérald Leblanc

    Living on the Edge: The Poetic Works of Gérald Leblanc

    02005HD

    A child of the Beat Generation, Gérald Leblanc conjoined urban-ness and American-ness, wandering and belonging, far beyond the boundaries of...

    Living on the Edge: The Poetic Works of Gérald Leblanc
  • 2008
    Howl

    Howl

    Howl

    02008HD

    Howl is an homage to the reading rituals of the Beat poets, to Wholly Communion, to 1965, to Allen Ginsberg, to Jack Kerouac, to William Burroughs,...

    Howl