Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation

Name: Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Director: Ebs Burnough
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-08-01
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Michael Imperioli, W. Kamau Bell, Josh Brolin, Matt Dillon, Natalie Merchant

“Find your own road”

2025

1h 31m

Documentary

Director: Ebs Burnough

Writer: Eliza Hindmarch

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Overview

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.