Rebels: A Journey Underground — Season 1, Episode 2: A New Kind Of Bohemian - The Beat Generation gets hip

Episode synopsis

Following World War II, a new period of post-war social complexity overtook America. It was during this turbulent, often repressive Cold War time that Jack Kerouac coined the term "beat", and gave birth to a new literary movement.

About Rebels: A Journey Underground

With rare interviews and seldom seen archival footage, Rebels: A Journey Underground brings the history of counter culture to life. Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Society's Shadow - Origins of Cultural Rebellion
• E3Turn On The Revolution - Counterculture and Psychedelic Revolution
• E4A Riot Of My Own - The Punk Rebellion of the 1970s
• E5Earth Trauma - Radical Environmentalism in the New Age
• E6Welcome To Cyberia - The internet Rebels