Poetry in Motion

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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.

Country:

Canada

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

91 minutes

Year:

1982

Director:

Ron Mann

Cast:
Charles Bukowski

Self

William S. Burroughs

Self

John Cage

Self

Jim Carroll

Self

Robert Creeley

Self

Crew:
Ron Mann

Director

Robert Fresco

Director of Photography