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Plot

Director Ron Mann has put together readings by 24 different poets (after filming a total of 60 writers reciting their works), and then has poet and author Charles Bukowski verbalize "everyman's" criticisms of poetry: it is boring, irrelevant, self-indulgent, and does not make much sense. Then he counterpoints these statements with dynamic, entertaining, and inspiring works by poets such as Allen Ginsberg, Leroi Jones, Anne Waldeman, Helen Adams and 20 others.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Documentary,Special Interest
Run Time:
90min.
DVD Release Date:
07/23/2002
Director(s):
Ron Mann
Starring:
Jim Carroll , Charles Bukowski , Amiri Baraka , Anne Waldman
Tone:
Intimate,Literate,Talky,Earthy
Keywords:
literary-criticism,performance-art,poet,poetry,reading [recitation],spoken-word,writing
Language:
English