There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here (2008)

Original title

Charles Bukowski: There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here

Directed by

Jon Monday

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

R

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary captures a live poetry reading by Charles Bukowski in a small Canadian venue in 1979. It shows the poet performing his work and interacting with the audience in an unvarnished setting.

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What happens

There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here is a film documenting the last live poetry reading given outside the US by Charles Bukowski, even though he lived and wrote for another 14 years. The reading was given at the Viking Inn, a small concert hall in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on October 12, 1979. It is produced by Dennis Del Torre and directed by Jon Monday for mondayMEDIA distribution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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