This is 1957 in San Francisco, and an American classic is on trial for blasphemy. An obscenity prosecution and a mind-expanding animation echoing the astounding originality of this poem are the three intertwined narrative lines in Howl, the film about Allen Ginsberg and his journey to find his real voice as an artist. In a genre-defying mashup, the three come together to brilliantly represent a critical period in counterculture history.
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This is 1957 in San Francisco, and an American classic is on trial for blasphemy. An obscenity prosecution and a mind-expanding animation echoing the astounding originality of this poem are the three intertwined narrative lines in Howl, the film about Allen Ginsberg and his journey to find his real voice as an artist. In a genre-defying mashup, the three come together to brilliantly represent a critical period in counterculture history.
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