Poetry in Motion

Poetry in Motion (1982)

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.

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  • Release Date: 1982-09-17
  • Runtime: 1h 31min
  • Director: Ron Mann

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Cast

  • Charles Bukowski

  • William S. Burroughs

  • John Cage

  • Jim Carroll

  • Robert Creeley

  • Allen Ginsberg

    Self

  • Tom Waits

    Self

  • Michael Ondaatje

  • Ntozake Shange

  • Gary Snyder

  • John Giorno

  • Ted Berrigan

    Self

  • Ed Sanders

    Self

  • Diane Di Prima

    Self

  • Amiri Baraka

    Self

  • Anne Waldman

    Self

  • Kenward Elmslie

    Self

  • Christopher Dewdney

    Self

  • Michael McClure

    Self

  • Ted Milton

    Self

  • Michael Ondaatje

    Self

  • John Giorno

    Self

  • Ntozake Shange

    Self