Film

The Invisible Father

2021 · 57m · Documentary

In the 1960s, beat poet and experimental filmmaker Piero Heliczer helped shape New American Cinema, and was enmeshed with iconic filmmaker Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground at the very start of their careers. Through interviews with family and friends, found photos, and archival footage, Piero’s daughter, Thérèse Casper, explores the promise and perils of leading an authentic, creative life, and the impact that it can have on the people you leave behind in the process. Wondering if she can make peace with her absent father if she can find a connection to him through his art, she explores the artistic legacy and life of a man she never knew.

Thérèse Heliczer

Self

Jonas Mekas

Self (archive footage)

John Cale

Self

Ira Cohen

Self (archival footage)

• Thérèse HeliczerDirector · Executive Producer
• Kate Keckler DandelProducer
• Marisabina RussoExecutive Producer
• John JeffcoatEditor

Release date

March 19, 2021

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

57m

Genres

Documentary