Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1979)

After 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 Soon their writings found an audience and the American media took notice dubbing them the Beat Generation Members of this group included writers Jack Kerouac William Burroughs Allen Ginsberg a trinity that would ultimately influence the works of others during that era including the hippie movement of the 60s In this 55minute video narrated by Allen Ginsberg members of the Beat Generation including the aforementioned Burroughs Anne Waldman Peter Orlovsky Amiri Baraka Diane Di Prima and Timothy Leary are reunited at Naropa University in Boulder CO during the late 1970s to share their works and influence a new generation of young American bohemians