POETRY IN MOTION
A film by Ron Mann
Year of production:
1982
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Language: English
Country: Canada
Called the "Woodstock of Poetry" by
American Film, and "Dazzling" by the Los Angeles
Times, Poetry in Motion is an unprecedented anthology
of twenty-four leading North American poets who sing,
chant, anything but "read" their work.
The result is a celebration of poetry's ancient oral
tradition. And an energetic demonstration that verse
is alive and thriving in the media-blitzed age.
Featuring: Charles Bukowski, Amiri Baraka, Anne
Waldman, Kenward Elmslie, Helen Adam, Ted Berrigan,
Ed Sanders, Tom Waits, William S. Burroughs, John
Cage, Robert Creely, Four Horsemen, Michael Ondaatje,
Christopher Dewdney, John Giorno, Jayne Cortez,
Ntozake Shange, Gary Snyder, Jim Carrol, Michael
McClure, Diane di Prima, Allen Ginsberg, Miguel
Algarin, Ted Milton
