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The Poetry Deal: a film with Diane di Prima is an impressionistic documentary and a story about poetry, rebellion, and artistic integrity. Poet, prose writer, playwright, teacher and revolutionary activist Diane di Prima started writing at the age of seven, ultimately becoming known as an important writer of the Beat movement. This lyrical and energetic film explores her life and work in a visually and narratively poetic film with rare intimate interviews.
screenings
Screening: Brooklyn Public Library, March 7 @ 7 pm
Thanks to Barbara Henning and Jim Behrle for a great reading at Bk Public Library, and thanks to everyone who attended, and especially Meredith, who organized the Library’s events. It was a great crowd especially for the first warm, spring-like night of the year. It was also a kind of homecoming, to bring the film [...]
Oct. 19, Unnameable Books, Brooklyn
Three poets read with a screening of THE POETRY DEAL in one of Brooklyn’s finest bookstores: Ammiel Alcalay, Ana Bozicevic, Rachel Levitsky. Unnameable Books is a treasure of used and new books in the heart of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. This will be a special evening for poetry lovers and film fans.
Conference presentation
Screened THE POETRY DEAL at the national conference of the American Italian Historical Association this week, to a very knowledgeable and appreciative audience. It was a bit nerve-wracking to think about screening the film to a group of people who are very knowledgeable about Diane’s work and have known her for years. But the incredible [...]
Conference presentation
Screened THE POETRY DEAL at the national conference of the American Italian Historical Association this week, to a very knowledgeable and appreciative audience. It was a bit nerve-wracking to think about screening the film to a group of people who are very knowledgeable about Diane’s work and have known her for years. But the incredible [...]
Next Screening: Unnameable Books – Wed OCT 19 – 600 Vanderbilt Avenue, Prospect Heights
Unnameable Books 600 Vanderbilt Avenue at St. Marks, Brooklyn Wed Oct. 19 2011 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Three poets read with a screening of THE POETRY DEAL in one of Brooklyn’s finest bookstores. Poets: Ammiel Alcalay Ana Bozicevic Rachel Levitsky Unnameable Books is a treasure of used and new books in the [...]
