The poetry deal : a film with Diane di Prima
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✎ Suggest a correctionAn impressionistic documentary about poet Diane di Prima. The most well known female writer of the Beat Era, di Prima is fiece, funny, and philosophical, still actively writing in her late 70s in San Francisco. She is a pioneer who broke boundaries of class and gender to publish her writing. This film looks back on more than 50 years of poetry, activism, and cultural change, providing a unique women's perspective of the Beat movement.
Credits
- Featured
- Diane di Prima, Joyce Jenkins, Elsa Marley, Michael McClure, Michelle Tea, Robert Wilson, Madison Young; Women Make Movies (Firm); Di Prima (diane); McClure (michael); Tea (michelle); La Rosa (melanie)
Complete catalog record
Original source: This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. | Camera, Andres Otero ; Super8/16mm cinematography, Melanie La Rosa ; editors, Melissa B. Hacker, Melanie La Rosa ; original music, S. "Strafe" Standard.
Release: New York : Women Make Movies, ©2011.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. | polychrome | monochrome
Subjects: Beats (Persons) -- Poetry | Beats (Persons) | Women poets, American | Di Prima, Diane -- Poetry | Di Prima, Diane
Country: United States.
Ucla location: Instructional Media Library Stacks DVD | ID8412
Release: New York : Women Make Movies, ©2011.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. | polychrome | monochrome
Subjects: Beats (Persons) -- Poetry | Beats (Persons) | Women poets, American | Di Prima, Diane -- Poetry | Di Prima, Diane
Country: United States.
Ucla location: Instructional Media Library Stacks DVD | ID8412
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