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Barney's Wall

Name: Barney's Wall
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-05-04
Duration: 78 min
Cast: Barney Rosset, Buster Keaton, Samuel Beckett, M.M. Serra, Phoebe Legere

“The sixties are back. Re-join the underground.”

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What makes a rebel? This 78 minute documentary probes the psyche of bad-boy publisher and free speech warrior Barney Rosset, whose mid-century legal and cultural battles smashed sexual and political taboos in the United States — unleashing the counter-culture of the 1960s and introducing millions of young intellectuals to the most radical currents in literature, film, theater and politics. In his late eighties, coming to terms with his life, Barney Rosset began to obsessively sculpt an autobiographical 15′ x 22′ surreal wall mural, embedded with jewel-like vignettes crafted out of found objects, each a clue to the conflicts and obsessions that drove Barney’s lifetime rebellion against authority. A cast of artists, a neurologist, and a shaman connect the clues and piece together Barney’s life.

Directors: Sandy Gotham Meehan, Williams Cole
Writers: Sandy Gotham Meehan
Language: English
Release date: 4 May 2019

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