| More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem. These poets are the children of Walt Whitman and of Charles Olson, incantatory and oratorical, radical, sometimes incorporating contemporary political imagery. Black Mountain poets, the Beats, minimalists like John Cage, the wordless Four Horsemen, Tom Waits, and others capture aspects of poets as troubadours. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 17, 1982 |
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| Director: | Ron Mann |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
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Updated: Feb 04, 2025 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Charles Bukowski | |
| William S. Burroughs | |
| John Cage | |
| Jim Carroll | |
| Robert Creeley | |
| Allen Ginsberg | Self |
| Tom Waits | Self |
| Michael Ondaatje | |
| Ntozake Shange | |
| Gary Snyder | |
| John Giorno | |
| Ted Berrigan | Self |
| Ed Sanders | Self |
| Diane Di Prima | Self |
| Amiri Baraka | Self |
| Anne Waldman | Self |
| Kenward Elmslie | Self |
| Christopher Dewdney | Self |
| Michael McClure | Self |
| Ted Milton | Self |
| Michael Ondaatje | Self |
| John Giorno | Self |
| Ntozake Shange | Self |
| Name | Job |
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| Ron Mann | Director |
| Robert Fresco | Director of Photography |
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