Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

Directed by Shigeko Kubota and Nam June Paik

With Allen Ginsberg, Allan Kaprow, Peter Orlovsky and Pierre Restany

The influence of Jewish fathers on their sons and the complexity of familial relationships are explored in a witty, poignant portrait of two artists. Beat poet Allen Ginsberg (whose father Louis was a poet in his own right) and performance artist/sculptor Allan Kaprow (whose father is a high-powered lawyer) are the sons who struggle with and against the influences of these patriarchal figures.