Howl
2010
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
Director:
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Writers:
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Allen Ginsberg
Awards:
2 wins & 8 nominations total
Production:
N/A
Country:
United States
