This screening is part of "THE STORY IS TRUE: ROBERT CREELEY ON FILM" series. It presents Ron Mann's 1982 film "Poetry in Motion," offering a generational overview of 20th-century poets, including Robert Creeley. The film captures Creeley reading new work and features performances by artists such as Anne Waldman. The screening on Tuesday, May 12, will include a presentation by poet Anne Waldman.

Poetry in Motion with Anne Waldman (Poet)

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 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.