Jack Kerouac was a Beat Generation writer who took the nation by storm upon the publication of his novel On the Road. Kerouac�s legacy and influence are explained via interviews with Kerouac�s friends and contemporaries such as William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, and Edie Parker. Narrator Peter Coyote reads sections of Kerouac�s (mostly autobiographical) books as an actor recreates scenes from Kerouac�s life.

Starring:

David Andrews, Peter Coyote, Cindy Alwan, Leon Benedict

Genre:

Documentary, Drama, Biography