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

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
  • 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

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. "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. "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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