Poetry in Motion (1982)
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.
Director: Ron Mann
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Charles Bukowski as Self |
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William S. Burroughs as Self |
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John Cage as Self |
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Jim Carroll as Self |
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Robert Creeley as Self |
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Allen Ginsberg as Self |
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Tom Waits as Self |
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Gary Snyder as Self |
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Ted Berrigan as Self |
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Ed Sanders as Self |
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Diane Di Prima as Self |
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Amiri Baraka as Self |
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Anne Waldman as Self |
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Kenward Elmslie as Self |
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Christopher Dewdney as Self |
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Michael McClure as Self |
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Ted Milton as Self |
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Michael Ondaatje as Self |
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John Giorno as Self |
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Ntozake Shange as Self |
| Directing | Ron Mann | Director |
| Camera | Robert Fresco | Director of Photography |
