And when I die, I won't stay dead

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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]

References

  1. 1 2 "And When I Die I Won't Stay Dead". 2016-01-18. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  2. 1 2 "MoMA | Doc Fortnight 2016: Actions of the Past, Shockwaves in the Present". www.moma.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  3. ↑ "Doclisboa 2015 | Awards". doclisboa.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  4. ↑ Woodberry, Billy (2016-01-11), And when I die, I won't stay dead , retrieved 2016-08-01
  5. ↑ "And when I Die, I Won't Stay Dead. Bob Kaufman, Poet | Viennale". www.viennale.at. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  6. ↑ "And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead by Billy Woodberry - Harvard Film Archive". hcl.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  7. ↑ "Art Doc of the Week | And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead - CraveOnline". 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  8. ↑ "'And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead': Film Review" . Retrieved 2016-08-01.


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