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2025
🌐 en
⏱ 1 h 18 min
Nova '78
The Past Was Louder Than You Think
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Resurrected through UK-led archival restoration NOVA 78' shows never-before-seen footage of the legendary Nova Convention where William Burroughs, Patti Smith, Zappa, Ginsberg and more collided in an explosion of ideas, art and rebellion.
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Cast
Philip Glass
actor
Frank Zappa
actor
William S. Burroughs
actor
Timothy Leary
actor
Patti Smith
actor
Allen Ginsberg
actor
Laurie Anderson
actor
John Cage
actor
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Anne Waldman
actor
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James Grauerholtz
actor
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Peter Orlovsky
actor
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Merce Cunningham
actor
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Julia Heyward
actor
Robert Anton Wilson
actor
John Giorno
actor
Brion Gysin
actor
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Lucien Carr
actor
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Les Levine
actor
Lenny Kaye
actor
