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A Poet Poets: Roy McBride
A POET POETS
A Film by Mike Hazard
Screenings: Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 3PM & 4PM | $5


Don’t miss the world premiere of this "fantastically funky" half-hour film about poet Roy McBride, called “the pastor of the street poets” by writer Kevin O’Rourke. "I don't want you to understand my poetry. I want my poetry to understand you." —Roy McBride

"He is the pastor of the street poets." —Kevin O'Rourke, writer
"This is fantastically funky." —Chuck Olsen, media maestro
"A beautiful piece: so Roy-like, with circularities and humor and rhythms and open faces and good humor." —Margaret Hasse, poet


"Roy McBride was born in 1943 in Magnolia, Arkansas. He dreams of learning the language of frogs." —Roy McBride




This film was made by Mike Hazard, Mike Rivard, Paul Bernhardt, Jeff Sylvestre, Blue Moon and Les Skoropat with support from Lucinda Anderson, Lacinea Tyler McBride, Traffic Street Press, David Rich, Paulette Myers-Rich, Wet Paint, Pragmactic, Electric Jet Interactive, Map for Nonprofits, Cashel Fund, Taleeh Foods, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre, Minnesota State Arts Board and Bush Foundation.

Dedicated to the memory of Paul Tirrell.