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In the Beginning Was the Image: Conversations with Peter Whitehead

Synopsis

Portrait of British filmmaker Peter Whitehead, who was elevated from newsreel cameraman to cultural icon as a result of Wholly Communion – his 1965 document of American beat poets Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Gregory Corso’s landmark appearance at London’s Royal Albert Hall.