Nova '78 (2026)
East Village, New York, 1978. William Burroughs, Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, Allen Ginsberg, and other brilliant minds come together in an explosion of ideas, art, and rebellion.
Directors: Rodrigo Areias, Aaron Brookner.
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William S. Burroughs as Self (archive footage) |
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Frank Zappa as Self (archive footage) |
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Laurie Anderson as Self (archive footage) |
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Anne Waldman as Self (archive footage) |
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Patti Smith as Self (archive footage) |
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Julia Heyward as Self (archive footage) |
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John Giorno as Self (archive footage) |
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Allen Ginsberg as Self (archive footage) |
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John Cage as Self (archive footage) |
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Merce Cunningham as Self (archive footage) |
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Brion Gysin as Self (archive footage) |
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Philip Glass as Self (archive footage) |
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Timothy Leary as Self (archive footage) |
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Lenny Kaye as Self (archive footage) |
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Lucien Carr as Self (archive footage) |
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James Grauerholtz as Self (archive footage) |
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Les Levine as Self (archive footage) |
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Peter Orlovsky as Self (archive footage) |
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Robert Anton Wilson as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Rodrigo Areias | Director |
| Directing | Aaron Brookner | Director |
| Sound | Bernardo Bourbon | Sound Editor |
| Production | Paula Alvarez Vaccaro | Producer |
| Production | Aaron Brookner | Producer |
| Sound | Paulo Furtado | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Tomás Baltazar | Editor |
| Editing | Aaron Brookner | Editor |
| Sound | Howard Brookner | Sound |
| Sound | Vasco Carvalho | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jim Jarmusch | Sound |
| Sound | Pedro Marinho | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Tom Cottey | Archival Footage Research |
| Editing | Maria Neto | Colorist |
| Writing | Aaron Brookner | Writer |
| Camera | Howard Brookner | Director of Photography |
| Camera | James A. Lebovitz | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Tom DiCillo | Director of Photography |
| Production | Rodrigo Areias | Co-Producer |