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Free screening of 'Howl' on Friday
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Allen Ginsberg was a force of nature and cultural lightning rod. The 2010 documentary, "Howl," stars James Franco as Ginsberg as well as David Strathairn and Mary-Louise Parker and Jon Hamm. It paints a wide-ranging portrait of the poet, partly focusing on a 1957 obscenity trial over his ground-breaking poem, "Howl."
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Free screening of 'Howl' on Friday
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Allen Ginsberg was a force of nature and cultural lightning rod. The 2010 documentary, "Howl," stars James Franco as Ginsberg as well as David Strathairn and Mary-Louise Parker and Jon Hamm. It paints a wide-ranging portrait of the poet, partly focusing on a 1957 obscenity trial over his ground-breaking poem, "Howl."
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