Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation

“Find your own road”

6.2

2025

1h 31m

Documentary

Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" finds new relevance as modern travelers and cultural figures like Josh Brolin, W. Kamau Bell and Natalie Merchant reveal how his quest for authentic experience resonates powerfully in our screen-saturated era — offering a lyrical meditation on what it means to truly experience the journey.

Key Crew

Director

Ebs Burnough

Producers

Eliza Hindmarch

John Battsek

Ebs Burnough

Writers

Eliza Hindmarch

Cinematography

Tim Cragg

Music

John Forte

Cast (17)

Michael Imperioli

Self

W. Kamau Bell

Self

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