Basic Info
Release: March 09, 2025
Runtime: 102 min
Status: Released
O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
2025
102 min
Overview
The first feature-length film documenting the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet/activist Gary Snyder. A participant in the famed 1955 Six Gallery poetry reading in San Francisco that launched the Beat era (and the careers of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac), Snyder later lived and studied in Japan, becoming a Zen teacher. He is the model for the character of Japhy Ryder in Jack Kerouac’s bestselling novel, The Dharma Bums.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Colin Still
Self
Gary Snyder
Self
Peter Coyote
Self
Jane Hirshfield
Self
Jack Shoemaker
Self
Crew
Colin Still
Director
Colin Still
Producer
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