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The Life and Times of ALLEN GINSBERG
December 8, 2023 - December 17, 2023
Fri, Dec 8 at 6:30 ♦ Sat, Dec 9 at 3:30 and 6:30 ♦ Sun, Dec 10 at 3:30
Sat, Dec 16 at 3:30 and 6:30 ♦ Sun, Dec 17 at 3:30
IU Fine Arts Theater ♦ Purchase Tickets
Visionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human rights, Buddhist, political activist and teacher – Allen Ginsberg’s remarkable life shaped the very soul of American counterculture.
Jerry Aronson groundbreaking documentary premiered at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival to much acclaim — thirty years later it has been digitally remastered. Featuring William Burroughs, Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey, Norman Mailer, Joan Baez, and Abbie Hoffman (84 minutes)
Rich, deep and moving. – Chicago Tribune
A fascinating portrait of the visionary poet.
– Newsweek
A rich slice of cultural history. – Boston Globe
A remarkably clearheaded study of a complex individual…few have taken so many chances and exercised so large an influence.
– The New York Times