Poetry in Motion

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Charles Bukowski

Age : 73 | Popularity : 3%

William S. Burroughs

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

John Cage

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Jim Carroll

Age : 60 | Popularity : 3%

Robert Creeley

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Allen Ginsberg

Age : 70 | Popularity : 5%

Tom Waits

Himself

Age : 74 | Popularity : 9%

Michael Ondaatje

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Ron Mann
Camera	Director of Photography	Robert Fresco
Department	Role	Name

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