Jonas Mekas captures an afternoon in New York as a Hare Krishna group fills the streets with chanting and song. Filmed with his characteristic freewheeling style and later incorporated into Walden, the short stands as an impressionistic sketch of spiritual fervor and Mekas’s participatory approach to cinema.
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Cast
11 people
Srila Prabhupada
Self
Barbara Rubin
Self
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Rabindranath Das
Rabindranath Das
Philip Corner
Self
Vamanadeva Das
Vamanadeva Das
Allen Ginsberg
Self
Known for
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Bruce 'Brahmananda' Scharf
Bruce 'Brahmananda' Scharf
Greg 'Gargamuni' Scharf
Greg 'Gargamuni' Scharf
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Howard 'Hayagriva' Wheeler
Howard 'Hayagriva' Wheeler
Jonas Mekas Director
United States release February 2, 1967 · Produced in United States
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · February 2, 1967
Limited theatrical · Film-Makers' Cinematheque
Germany
December 28, 1970 · TV · West Germany
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