Nova '78 (2025)

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Resurrected through UK-led archival restoration NOVA 78' shows never-before-seen footage of the legendary Nova Convention where William Burroughs, Patti Smith, Zappa, Ginsberg and more collided in an explosion of ideas, art and rebellion.

Nova '78

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Cast

Philip Glass
Philip Glass as Self (archive footage) Age 89 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA Philip Morris Glass is an American composer. He is one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century.  His music is also often controversially described as minimal music..
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa as Self (archive footage) Died 1993 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Frank Vincent Zappa  (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years,...
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs as Self (archive footage) Died 1997 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who in...
Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary as Self (archive footage) Died 1996 · Springfield, Massachusetts, USA Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and writer known for advocating the exploration of the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs under controlled conditions. Leary conducted experi...
Patti Smith
Patti Smith as Self (archive footage) Age 79 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Patricia Lee Smith is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the...
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg as Self (archive footage) Died 1997 · Newark, New Jersey, USA Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soo...