O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary SnyderMovie
The first feature-length film documenting the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet/activist Gary Snyder. A participant in the famed 1955 Six Gallery poetry reading in San Francisco that launched the Beat era (and the careers of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac), Snyder later lived and studied in Japan, becoming a Zen teacher. He is the model for the character of Japhy Ryder in Jack Kerouac’s bestselling novel, The Dharma Bums.
About O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder
O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder is a 2025 documentary movie directed by Colin Still.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 42m, production credits from United Kingdom, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Colin Still, Gary Snyder, Peter Coyote, Jane Hirshfield. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
