1966

Depicts Michael McClure, an experimental poet who has written in many styles, and Brother Antoninus, a Dominican lay brother who is distinguished as a poet because of his unique combination of poetry reading and dramatic encounters with his audiences. Touches upon McClure's use of hallucinogenic experimental system of developing poetry through the use of words printed on cards which are shuffled to create poems at random. Places the viewer in the audience during one of Brother Antoninus' celebrated readings.

National Educational Television

Educational

American poetry ; Experimental poetry ; Poetry, Modern ; Poets, American ; McClure, Michael ; Brother Antonius.

National Educational Television

IUL Moving Image Archive

English

1 Film (0:29:35); 16mm

Gift to the IUB Libraries from Instructional Support Services.
Broadcast Date: 1966

IULMIA Film Database: 40000003253418; Other: GR00425364; MDPI Barcode: 40000003253418