William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash (movie)

William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash (movie)

  • Production country: United States of America
  • Production companies: Chicano Humanities Festival, Lake Forest College
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 11/1/2014
  • Run time: 85 min.

Movie description

To celebrate the 100th birthday of America's most audacious writer, William S. Burroughs, Chicago Humanities Festival brings together a motley crew of poets, writers, and musicians. William Seward Burroughs (1914 - 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He was a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature. Burroughs's needs took him across the United States, down into Mexico, to Europe and beyond. On his travels, he meets up with various members of the underground drug and "outcast" cultures.

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Alison Cuddy

Alison Cuddy

Role(s): Presenter

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Davis Schneiderman

Davis Schneiderman

Role(s): Writer/Organizer

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Sally Timms

Sally Timms

Role(s): Musician

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Anne Waldman

Anne Waldman

Role(s): Poet

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Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles

Role(s): Poet

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