The Night of Poetry (1971)

Original title

La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970

Directed by

Jean-Pierre Masse, Jean-Claude Labrecque

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary captures a single night in 1970 when over fifty Quebec poets gathered in a Montreal church to perform their work before a large audience. The film records the performances and the atmosphere of a rare public celebration of poetry and spoken word.

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What happens

The Night of Poetry (in French La Nuit de la poésie) was an event held at the Church of the Gesù in Montreal on the night of March 27, 1970. Gathering over 4,000 people to hear around fifty artists from various generations, this landmark event in the history of Quebec literature is considered one of the greatest celebrations of spoken word to have taken place in Quebec. The Night of Poetry was immortalized by Jean-Claude Labrecque and Jean-Pierre Masse in a film produced for the National Film Board of Canada released in 1971. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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