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SUMMARY:ALLEN GINSBERG BIRTHDAY FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:7PM \nOriginal Films and Highlights of Readings\, Performances\, and Music Celebrating Ginsberg’s Birthday \nEverything is holy! everybody’s holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is an eternity! Every[one’s] an angel! — Excerpt from the footnote to Howl by Allen Ginsberg \nEvery year on June 3rd\, Howl celebrates Allen Ginsberg’s birthday\, inspired by the late poet-philosopher—a lifelong spokesperson for peace\, social justice\, freedom of expression\, and love. An annual event since Howl! Happening’s founding in 2015\, Howl Arts presents a marathon event (June 3rd–6th) that honors Ginsberg and the poets\, musicians\, bookstores\, publishers\, and other significant individuals whose voice and energy transformed the U.S. forever. Tune in at 7:00 PM for 4-days of monumental poetry and performances on Howl TV.  \nBringing together many of the originators of the Beat movement with artists who follow in their lineage and contemporary cultural commentators\, the programming includes readings\, personal reminiscences\, music\, and testimony from contemporary writers who give voice to the tectonic shifts in the arts and politics resulting from this important period in American history—showcasing the many threads and lineages that continue through the art of today. \nAmong the highlights featured on Howl TV are readings by Michael McClure\, Anne Waldman\, Margaret Randall\, Steve Cannon\, Len Chandler\, David Henderson\, Ed Sanders\, Hettie Jones\, John Giorno\, Bob Holman\, and Helixx C. Armageddon\, among others. The group reading of Ginsberg’s epic poem Howl\, an annual event since the Howl Festival began way back in 2003\, is also included. \nAlso on view will be films that remember our namesake’s life and times\, as well as shorts and remarkable deathbed footage of Ginsberg shot by underground cinema icon Jonas Mekas: \nWednesday\, June 3rd | 7PM\nFried Shoes Cooked Diamonds\, 1979 / Directed by Costanzo Allione / Narrated by Allen Ginsberg \nAfter World War II\, a group of young writers\, outsiders\, and friends who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the American dream met in New York City. Associated through mutual friendships\, these cultural dissidents looked for new ways and means to express themselves. In this 55-minute video\, members of the Beat Generation—including Burroughs\, Anne Waldman\, Peter Orlovsky\, Amiri Baraka\, Diane di Prima\, and Timothy Leary—are reunited at Naropa University in Boulder\, Colorado\, during the late 1970s to share their works and influence a new generation of young American bohemians. \nPlus:\nVideo of Howl Gallery 2016 Party \n\nThursday\, June 4th | 7PM\nWest Coast Beat and Beyond\, 1984 / Directed by Christopher Felver \nFilmed on location in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood\, and at Naropa Institute in Boulder Colorado\, this film is a tribute to the ongoing vision of America’s renegade minds\, as well as a salute to the visionary power of Jack Kerouac. Rare appearances by Kerouac’s daughter\, writer Jan Kerouac\, poets Lawrence Ferlinghetti\, Gregory Corso\, Allen Ginsberg\, Jack Micheline\, Joanne Kyger\, Bob Kaufman\, and Philip Lamantia\, as well as novelist Ken Kesey illuminate the imagination and inspire a torrential indictment against American mediocrity. \nPlus:\nHistory of the Airplane / Directed by Christopher Felver\nVideo of Howl Gallery 2017 Party \n\nFriday\, June 5th | 7PM\nFerlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder\, 2013 / Directed by Christopher Felver \nIn this definitive documentary\, director Christopher Felver crafts an incisive\, sharply wrought portrait that reveals Ferlinghetti’s true role as catalyst for numerous literary careers and for the Beat movement itself. Felver’s one-on-one interviews with Ferlinghetti\, made over the course of a decade\, touch upon a rich mélange of characters and events that began to unfold in postwar America. \nPlus:\nHum Bom! / Directed by Christopher Felver\nVideo of Howl Gallery 2018 Party \n\nSaturday\, June 6th | 7PM\nNo More to Say and Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg\, 2006 / Directed by Colin Still \nWitness the last days of the Beat poet whose works would capture the very essence of the 1960s countercultural movement\, in an informative documentary featuring Allen Ginsberg’s final television interview as well as remarkable deathbed footage shot by underground cinema icon Jonas Mekas. Footage also delivers Ginsberg’s 1965 reading at Royal Albert Hall\, his chanting at the 1968 Democratic Convention\, and previously unreleased footage with Paul McCartney\, Dick Cavett\, William Buckley\, and a heartfelt memorial service in which Patti Smith delivers a poignant farewell. \nPlus:\nSonic Youth – Making the Nature Scene / Directed by Christopher Felver\nVideo of Howl Gallery 2019 Party \n\nNow more than ever\, we honor Allen and those who are not afraid to speak up and make their voices heard. \nLet the voices of dead poets\nRing louder in your ears\nThan the screechings mouthed\nIn mildewed editorials.\nListen to the music of centuries\,\nRising above the mushroom time.\n—Excerpt from Believe\, Believe by Bob Kaufman \nImage: Allen Ginsberg Howling by Beth Bagley \nWATCH ON OUR HOME PAGE
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