The Fifties The Beat (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

The Fifties

The Beat (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Elvis. Conformity is questioned and homogenized America begins to differentiate. The teenager as a class is born. Popular music is forever changed by the advent of Rock n Roll. Beat poets push our ...See moreJack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Elvis. Conformity is questioned and homogenized America begins to differentiate. The teenager as a class is born. Popular music is forever changed by the advent of Rock n Roll. Beat poets push our boundaries and America begins to question everything. Written by Havan IronOak See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Edward Herrmann Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Overboard (1987)
Allen Ginsberg Self Self See fewer	Beginners (2010)
David Halberstam Self Self See fewer	Rowing Through (1996)
B.B. King Self - Musician Self - Musician See fewer	Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Thelonious Monk Self - Musician (archive footage) Self - Musician (archive footage) See fewer	The Omega Man (1971)
Charlie Parker Self - Musician (archive footage) Self - Musician (archive footage) See fewer	Seven (1995)
Sam Phillips Self - Record Producer Self - Record Producer See fewer	Boss Level (2020)
Jackson Pollock Self - Artis (archive footage) Self - Artis (archive footage) See fewer	American Gothic (2016)
Chuck Berry Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Men in Black (1997)