Howl
The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.
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.
- Year: 2010
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Rabbit Bandini Productions, Werc Werk Works, Oscilloscope
- Keyword: freedom, poetry, literature, psychiatric hospital, male homosexuality, counter-culture, 1950s, gay theme
- Director: Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
- Cast: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm