Movie Description
O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
(2025)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Colin Still
- Producer : Colin Still
- Editor : Harry Baker,Anna Price
- Cast : Colin Still,Gary Snyder,Peter Coyote,Jane Hirshfield,Jack Shoemaker
Cast
Posters
Facts
Original TitleO Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
Status Released
Release Information
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2025-03-09
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 42m
Production CompaniesOptic Nerve Productions
Genres
- Documentary
