Documentary · United Kingdom · 2025 · 1h 42m

O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder

Director

Cast

Colin Still as Self Gary Snyder as Self Peter Coyote as Self Jane Hirshfield as Self Jack Shoemaker as Self

Crew

Colin Still — Director of Photography Mark Trottenberg — Director of Photography Harry Baker — Editor Anna Price — Editor Colin Still — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Colin Still Director Colin Still Director of Photography Mark Trottenberg Director of Photography Harry Baker Editor Anna Price Editor Colin Still Producer

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