Dangerous Minds | ‘What’s Happening?’: Exciting 1960s documentary about the Beat Generation and pop art

‘What’s Happening?’: Exciting 1960s documentary about the Beat Generation and pop art

03.25.2011
02:31 am

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Art
Pop Culture

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Ginsberg
Lichtenstein
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Antonello Branca
Corso
What's Happening

Antonello Branca’s 1967 documentary What’s Happening? is an exciting look at New York City at a pivotal time when poets and painters were prophets revolutionizing art and pop culture forever. Featuring Allen Ginsberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Fred Mogubgub, Andy Warhol, Marie Benois, Robert Rauschenberg, Leon Kraushar and Gregory Corso.

The Manhattan street montages and music provide an additional burst of energy..

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