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The Fifties

The Beat (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Elvis. Conformity is questioned and homogenized America begins to differentiate. The teenager as a class is born. Popular music is forever changed by the advent of Rock n Roll. Beat poets push our ...See moreJack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Elvis. Conformity is questioned and homogenized America begins to differentiate. The teenager as a class is born. Popular music is forever changed by the advent of Rock n Roll. Beat poets push our boundaries and America begins to question everything. Written by Havan IronOak See less
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Writers
Allen Ginsberg (poem "Howl") | Jack Kerouac (novel "On The Road")
Status
Edit Released
Updated Dec 31, 1997

Release date
1997 (United States)

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9 cast members
Name Known for
Edward Herrmann
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B.B. King
Self - Musician Self - Musician   See fewer
Thelonious Monk
Self - Musician (archive footage) Self - Musician (archive footage)   See fewer
Charlie Parker
Self - Musician (archive footage) Self - Musician (archive footage)   See fewer
Sam Phillips
Self - Record Producer Self - Record Producer   See fewer
Jackson Pollock
Self - Artis (archive footage) Self - Artis (archive footage)   See fewer
Chuck Berry
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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