And when I die, I won't stay dead
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]
Synopsis
[edit]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
[edit]- Doclisboa, 2015
- Vienna International Film Festival, 2015 [5]
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2016 [1]
- MoMa's Doc Fortnight, New York 2016 [2]
- San Francisco International Film Festival, 2016
- Harvard Film Archive, 2016 [6]
Reviews
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "And When I Die I Won't Stay Dead". 2016-01-18. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ a b "MoMA | Doc Fortnight 2016: Actions of the Past, Shockwaves in the Present". www.moma.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ "Doclisboa 2015 | Awards". doclisboa.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ Woodberry, Billy (2016-01-11), And when I die, I won't stay dead, retrieved 2016-08-01
- ^ "And when I Die, I Won't Stay Dead. Bob Kaufman, Poet | Viennale". www.viennale.at. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Art Doc of the Week | And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead - CraveOnline". 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ "'And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead': Film Review". Retrieved 2016-08-01.