GUNS
OF THE TREES A narrative about
the counter culture of 60s New York, a
generation growing up in a decade corroded
by scepticism, fatalism, paranoia and
despair. The protagonists in “Guns
of the Trees” are conscious members
of the 60s generation, their existential
anxiety rooted at the beginnings of a
world which started with Hiroshima and
could end any day with nuclear war. With
race riots spreading through the USA and
the Cuban Missile crisis intensifying,
de-stabilising fear across the social
strata is the backdrop to Mekas’
only narrative film. Loosely based on
a reading of Shelly’s Prometheus
Unbound, with voiceover by Allen Ginsberg. George Cinemas - Tuesday 8th July 9pm
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