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Memorial for Herbert Huncke / a film by Mitch Corber ; Thin Air Video ; Contemporary Poetry Archives.
LIBRA DVD 025 273
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Huncke, Herbert--Appreciation.
- Huncke, Herbert.
- Huncke, Herbert--Poetry.
- Poetry, Modern--20th century.
- Poetry, Modern.
- Beats (Persons)--Poetry.
- Beats (Persons).
- Bohemianism--United States.
- Bohemianism.
- United States.
- Art appreciation.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Title on container: Herbert Huncke : final reading & memorial
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Thin Air Video, [2006]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A tribute by the friends of author and poet, Herbert Huncke. In his youth Huncke traveled in boxcars and on hobo rails; his teachers were carnival freaks and criminals. He became the voice of the disenfranchised and dwellers on the fringe. Includes speeches and readings by various poets, as well as Huncke's last reading for the Poetry Project.
- Participant:
- Readers, Janine Pommy Vega, Roger Richards, Charles Plymell, Carine Monbertrand (performs Huncke's The evening sun turned crimson), Jerry Poynton, Gregory Corso, Marty Matz, Ann Charters, Herbert Huncke (recites The dolls), Jeremiah Newton, Valery Oisteanu, Allen Ginsberg, David Sands, Clive Matson.
- Credits:
- Camera, editing, digitizing, distribution, Mitch Corber.
- Notes:
- Held at Friends Seminary at St. Mark's Church, New York, in November, 1996.
- "Also featuring Huncke's last reading, St. Marks Poetry Project, January 10, 1996."
- OCLC:
- 166583706
- Publisher Number:
- 212 Thin Air Video
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