Counter-Culture:
Beatniks, Hippies and the 60s
Andy Warhol | Other Material | Peter Whitehead Archive | Paul Morrissey Archive

ANDY WARHOL AND HIS CLAN (1970, Colour)
Seven thousand people crowded into the Royal Albert Hall in June 1965 to listen to the Beat poets read. Ginsberg, Corso, Ferlinghetti, Mitchell are among those featured. Peter Whitehead's film brings across all the excitement and emotional fervour of that historical evening.

OTHER MATERIAL
Footage is available on Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and other beat luminaries, as well footage from the UK's Summer of Love in 1967 (including Carnaby Street). There is also material on Ossie Clarke, fashion guru and a key figure in shaping and defining the 1960s.

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