🎬 Movie

Nova '78

2026 78 min

Directing: Rodrigo Areias, Aaron Brookner

DocumentaryHistory

East Village, New York, 1978. William Burroughs, Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, Allen Ginsberg, and other brilliant minds come together in an explosion of ideas, art, and rebellion.

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Cast

William S. Burroughs Self (archive footage)

Frank Zappa Self (archive footage)

Laurie Anderson Self (archive footage)

Anne Waldman Self (archive footage)

Patti Smith Self (archive footage) 👤 Julia Heyward Self (archive footage)

John Giorno Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg Self (archive footage)

John Cage Self (archive footage) 👤 Merce Cunningham Self (archive footage)

Brion Gysin Self (archive footage)

Philip Glass Self (archive footage)

Timothy Leary Self (archive footage) 👤 Lenny Kaye Self (archive footage) 👤 Lucien Carr Self (archive footage) 👤 James Grauerholtz Self (archive footage)