Summary The true, inside, personal story of how a Greenwich Village coal-cellar turned coffee shop, "The Gaslight," and its owner--flamboyant con-man and womanizer, John Mitchell--nurtured and inspired unknown Folk musicians and Beat writers including Bob Dylan, Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, Tom Paxton, Dave VanRonk, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac. Mitchell protected them from the police, the Mafia and City Hall, who wanted to stop them from performing in the village.. An elderly local priest accepts The Gaslight's message and confronts his own religion, his homosexuality, and the fear gripping the country over the Civil Rights Movement, the Red Scare and the Cuban Missile Crisis. View more details
Directed : Unknown
Written : Vincent Restauri
Stars : David Castro Robert Catrini Donna D'Errico Kathy Garver
Genres : Drama
Release date : Jul 2, 2017
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official Website
Production companies : 116 MacDougal Movie Village Gaslight Films
Summary The true, inside, personal story of how a Greenwich Village coal-cellar turned coffee shop, "The Gaslight," and its owner--flamboyant con-man and womanizer, John Mitchell--nurtured and inspired unknown Folk musicians and Beat writers including Bob Dylan, Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, Tom Paxton, Dave VanRonk, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac. Mitchell protected them from the police, the Mafia and City Hall, who wanted to stop them from performing in the village.. An elderly local priest accepts The Gaslight's message and confronts his own religion, his homosexuality, and the fear gripping the country over the Civil Rights Movement, the Red Scare and the Cuban Missile Crisis. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Jul 2, 2017
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official Website
Production companies : 116 MacDougal Movie Village Gaslight Films
