What Happened to Kerouac? The Beat Goes On, a sequel to the acclaimed 1986 documentary, features original footage of fellow Beat writers, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Gary Snyder, Michael McClure, and others. The film begins with a conference discussing whether the Beat Generation was a political or cultural movement featuring Abbie Hoffman, Timothy Leary, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Paul Krassner. Also featured are Kerouac's daughter Jan, his ex-wife Edie, his priest Father Spike, Steve Allen, a comprehensive overview of his writing by Ann Charters, and more. This sequel offers more intimate, personal, and contradictory views of Kerouac than the original documentary. His genius, his writing styles, his working-class background, and his decline into alcoholism are revealed by those who knew him best.
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