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Poetry in Motion (1982)
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91 min | Documentary

Poetry in Motion (1982)

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91 min | Documentary

More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Several also comment. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem. These poets are energetic performers, and their ...See moreMore than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Several also comment. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem. These poets are energetic performers, and their poems are meant to be heard. 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. Written by See less

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25 cast members

Name	Known for
Helen Adam Self Self See fewer	Der Biß (1984)
Miguel Algarín Self (as Miguel Algarin) Self (as Miguel Algarin) See fewer	Oliver's Story (1978)
Amiri Baraka Self Self See fewer	Bulworth (1998)
Ted Berrigan Self Self See fewer	Poetry in Motion (1982)
Charles Bukowski Self Self See fewer	Barfly (1987)
William S. Burroughs Self Self See fewer	Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
John Cage Self Self See fewer	Shutter Island (2010)
Jim Carroll Self Self See fewer	The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Jayne Cortez Self Self See fewer	Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future (1999)
Robert Creeley Self Self See fewer	Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (2007)
Christopher Dewdney Self Self See fewer	Listen to the City (1984)
Diane Di Prima Self Self See fewer	WMAC Masters (1995)
Kenward Elmslie Self Self See fewer	Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
Four Horsemen Themselves Themselves See fewer	Poetry in Motion (1982)
Allen Ginsberg Self Self See fewer	Beginners (2010)
John Giorno Self Self See fewer	IDn4 (1991)
Michael McClure Self Self See fewer	Three Kings (1999)
Ted Milton Self Self See fewer	So It Goes (1976)
David Murray Self Self See fewer	Karmen Gei (2001)
Michael Ondaatje Self Self See fewer	The English Patient (1996)
Ed Sanders Self Self See fewer	Charlie Says (2018)
Ntozake Shange Self Self See fewer	Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)
Gary Snyder Self Self See fewer	A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki (2006)
Tom Waits Self Self See fewer	Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Anne Waldman Self Self See fewer	Black Lodge (2022)