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And when I die, I won't stay dead is a documentary film about the life and work of African-American poet Bob Kaufman, directed by Billy Woodberry which was shown at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2015, [1] opened MoMa's Doc Fortnight in 2016 [2] and won the award for Best Investigative Documentary at Doclisboa International Film Festival in 2015. [3]

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Synopsis

A journey into the life and work of beat poet and activist Bob Kaufman and his insistence that poetry is fundamental to humanity's moral survival. [4]

Screenings

Reviews

Ernst Hardy wrote at the Crave Online that " Woodberry's fully fleshed out depiction of the larger cultural, social and political canvases against which Kaufman lived and railed." [7] Neil Young from the Hollywood Reporter called the film a "Conscientious tribute to a wayward soul." [8]

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