Movies: Diane Di Prima

  • 1989
    Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

    Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets (1989)

    Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

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    Maria Beatty's documentary exploring the insights and influences of the American Beat Poets. The film conveys their consciousness and sensibility through interviews with William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Diane Di Prima, among others. Also weaves in ...

    Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
  • 1999
    The Source

    The Source (1999)

    The Source

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    Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1997. Three actors provide dramatic interpretations of the work of these three writers, and the film ...

    The Source
  • 1979
    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1979)

    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

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    After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the American dream met in New York City. Associated through mutual friendships, these cultural dissidents looked for new ways and means to exp...

    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
  • 1982
    Poetry in Motion

    Poetry in Motion (1982)

    Poetry in Motion

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    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...

    Poetry in Motion
  • 2007
    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (2007)

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

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    Documentary about Charles Olson, exploring his life and the significance of Gloucester, Massachusetts....

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place