Word! Poets and Songwriters Movie Program
Nov 9 to Nov 11
Monday through Wednesday 5:00, 7:00, 9:00
$20 for 6 punch card, $5 for students/seniors/kids, $7 general
Fresh, interesting films about poets and songwriters! Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Charles Olson, Carl Sandburg, Robert Creeley, Anne Waldman, Ed Sanders , The Last Poets plus some of New Mexico’s best poets get screen time in this first annual series dedicated to the spoken & written word.
According to organizer Bill Nevins, “We want to share the excitement of seeing and hearing sharp writing, and dynamic writers on the big screen.”
New Mexico’s rich poetry culture will be represented in films about the Poetry of Atrisco and the poetry of UNM writer Richard Vargas. There will also be surprises, including the US premiere of Talkies! by UK video-poet Steve Tasane and a widely praised mockumentary about the mysterious Humberville Poetry Slam. The program also features the Southwest premiere of Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place, director Henry Ferrini’s visionary tribute to the art and mind of one of American poetry’s giants. Another American poetry hero, Carl Sandburg, will be celebrated in Rio Rancho film maker Daniel Steven Crafts’ Emmy-winning The Song & The Slogan.
**SURPRISE SHORT MOVIES BY CHRIS FELVER, stavros & OTHERS TO BE PLAYED UNANNOUNCED THROUGHOUT THESE THREE EVENINGS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH · 5PM
Opening Poem—Albuquerque Slam Poet Laureate Danny Solis
Talkies! (Dir. Steve Tasane - 30m - 2009): United Kingdom Poetry Videos
Red Poet: Jack Hirschman (Dir. Matthew Furey - 55m - 2009): Biographical Documentary
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH · 7PM
The Humberville Poetry Slam (Dir. by Emily Chang & Daniel DeLorenzo - 18m - 2009): Mockumentary
DLIPS (Dir. by The KFFM - 4m - 2009): Poem Video
West Coast Beat and Beyond (Dir. Chris Felver - 60m - 1985)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH · 9PM
The Humberville Poetry Slam (Dir. by Emily Chang & Daniel DeLorenzo - 18m - 2009): Mockumentary
Amiri Baraka and the Last Poets: Who Blew Up America? (Dir. Rod Holliman - 60m - 2005): Performance Documentary
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH · 5PM
Alamo Viejo (Dir. Priscilla Baca y Candelaria - 6m - 2007): Poem Video
DLIPS (Dir. by The KFFM - 4m - 2009): Poem Video
Botes de Diaz: Levi Romero (Dir. Jim Morrison - 5m - 1996): Poetry Music Video
The Song & The Slogan (Dir. Tim Hartin - 65m - 2005) **Q&A with composer Daniel Steven Crafts
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH · 7PM
Talkies! (Dir. Steve Tasane - 30m - 2009): United Kingdom Poetry Videos
Polis Is This: Charles Olsen and the Persistence of Place (Dir. Henry Ferrini - 56m - 2007): Biographical Documentary
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH · 9PM
DLIPS (Dir. by The KFFM - 4m - 2009): Poem Video
Lubbock Lights (Dir. Amy Maner - 80m - 2005): Documentary
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH · 5PM
DLIPS (Dir. by The KFFM - 4m - 2009): Poem Video
Botes de Diaz: Levi Romero (Dir. Jim Morrison - 5m - 1996): Poetry Music Video
The Humberville Poetry Slam (Dir. by Emily Chang & Daniel DeLorenzo - 18m - 2009): Mockumentary
Polis Is This: Charles Olsen and the Persistence of Place (Dir. Henry Ferrini - 56m - 2007): Biographical Documentary
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH · 7PM
Talkies! (Dir. Steve Tasane - 30m - 2009): United Kingdom Poetry Videos
Botes de Diaz: Levi Romero (Dir. Jim Morrison - 5m - 1996): Poetry Music Video
Red Poet: Jack Hirschman (Dir. Matthew Furey - 55m - 2009): Biographical Documentary
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11TH · 9PM
The Humberville Poetry Slam (Dir. by Emily Chang & Daniel DeLorenzo - 18m - 2009): Mockumentary
Black 47 at Connolly’s (Dir. Stephanie Silber & Vic Zimet - 60m - 2008): Performance Documentary
