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Cain's Film (1969)
Directed by Jamie Wadhavan
Overview
A film about Alexander Trocchi. Scottish born poet, writer, translator and author of “Young Adam” and “Cain’s Book”. Part of the film was made at the old Arts Laboratory and includes a discussion with William Burroughs. A portrait of Alexander Trocchi, covering his history as a writer, his interest in drugs, his family life, and ‘Sigma’, the organisation he founded to bring together like-minded people.
Length 27 minutes
Actors
Alexander Trocchi | William S. Burroughs | R.D. Laing | Jim Haynes | Davy Graham | Shawn Phillips | Feliks Topolski