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Duration: 1 hour, 24 minutes

Drama. When the beat poet Allen Ginsberg published his poem Howl in 1957 America, he was put on trial for obscenity. This tells his story and illustrates the poem in animation.

Last on

Sun 14 Oct 2012 23:30 BBC Two

Credits

Allen Ginsberg
James Franco
Gail Potter
Mary-Louise Parker
Jack Kerouac
Todd Rotondi
Neal Cassady
Jon Prescott
Peter Orlovsky
Aaron Tveit
Ralph McIntosh
David Strathairn
Jake Ehrlich
Jon Hamm
Mark Schorer
Treat Williams
Judge Clayton Horn
Bob Balaban
David Kirk
Jeff Daniels
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Andrew Rogers
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Director
Rob Epstein
Producer
Jeffrey Friedman
Producer
Rob Epstein
Producer
Elizabeth Redleaf
Producer
Christine K Walker
Writer
Rob Epstein
Writer
Jeffrey Friedman

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