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Satori Sur

Name: Satori Sur
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-11-15
Duration: 70 min

2019 · 1h 10m · Documentary

If you're into countercultural history, Beat Generation lore, or intimate portraits of artistic legacies, this is a fascinating deep-dive into a criminally overlooked figure. Skip it if you need plot-driven entertainment, but YES if you want something thoughtful and distinctly Argentine that'll rewire your understanding of 60s counterculture beyond just America.

Plot

To describe Miguel Grinberg as a journalist, writer and poet doesn’t do him justice. A key fgure of the Argentine counterculture in the 60s, he played a similar role to those of Allen Ginsberg and Jonas Mekas in the US; unsurprisingly, he was a close friend and collaborated with them both. Satori Sur focuses on their correspondence while celebrating Grinberg’s 80th birthday, surrounded by memories, unpublished texts, unwritten books and existential notes.

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