Movielogr
Poetry in Motion (1982)
Directed by Ron Mann
Overview
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.
Rated PG-13 | Length 91 minutes
Actors
Charles Bukowski | William S. Burroughs | John Cage | Jim Carroll | Robert Creeley | Allen Ginsberg | Tom Waits | Gary Snyder | Ted Berrigan | Ed Sanders | Diane Di Prima | Amiri Baraka | Anne Waldman | Kenward Elmslie | Christopher Dewdney | Michael McClure | Ted Milton | Michael Ondaatje | John Giorno | Ntozake Shange