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Poetry in Motion (1982)

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Film details

Featuring

Charles Bukowski Jim Carroll Amiri Baraka
Director

Ron Mann
Country

Canada
Year

1982
Genre

Documentary
Type

Film
Category

Non Fiction

Synopsis

Documentary, featuring contemporary poetry, with an emphasis on the Beats and post-Beats, including Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, Robert Creeley, Ntozake Shange, Jim Carroll, William Burroughs, Amiri Baraka and Anne Waldman among others. Second in a series of cultural history documentaries produced and directed by Ron Mann.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    Charles Bukowski
  - cast member
    
    Jim Carroll
  - cast member
    
    Amiri Baraka
  - cast member
    
    Anne Waldman
  - cast member
    
    Kenward Elmslie
  - cast member
    
    Ed Sanders
  - cast member
    
    Helen Adams
  - cast member
    
    Tom Waits
  - cast member
    
    William S. Burroughs
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Ron Mann
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Sphinx Productions
  - Production Company
    
    Giorno Poetry Systems

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