"Gang of Souls" (1989/2008)




Oaks, Pennsylvania, US: MVD Visual (DVD), 2008.
7.5" x 5.375" x 0.5", single DVD, appx. 60 minutes, "MVDV4656".

Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets a documentary film directed by Maria Beatty as released on DVD by MVD Visuals (Oaks, Pennsylvania, US) in 2008, following the original 1989 Giorno Poetry Systems VHS release (Giorno Video Pak). Added biography narration by Michael DeMonte. Graphic Design by John Joh.

This nearly sixty minute documentary features William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Marianne Faithfull, Richard Hell, John Giorno, Ed Sanders, Diane di Prima, Anne Waldman, Lydia Lunch, Henry Rollins, and Jim Carroll discussing and performing poetry.

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