The public is invite to a screening of ‘Polis Is This: Charles Olson & the Persistence of Place’ on November 10, 2023 at 7:30 pm at Little Art Cinema -Rockport, MA. The film is by Henry Ferrini & Ken Riaf – Featuring John Malkovich. Free Admission – all donations welcome.

With Peter Anastas, Amiri Baraka, Robin Blazer, Charles Boer, Robert Creeley, Diane di Prima, Vincent Ferrini, Gerrit Lansing, Pete Seeger, Ed Sanders, John Sinclair, John Stilgoe, Anne Waldman and Jonathan Williams. Music by Willie Alexander and Stephan Wolpe

Polis – a city state in Ancient Greece, esp. as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes.

Polis is This – a body of citizens in a particular place.

Do you really know what you see when you look out from the eyes in your head? Can one drop of seawater contain all the oceans with it? Is the universal only the local without walls? Travel with John Malkovich on a poetic romp that leads from your door to the edge of the universe. For Charles Olson it’s all about place. But beware, if you decide to enter his world, you may never look at yours in the same way. Find out for yourself why the best and brightest of the time beat a well worn path to this giant’s cold water shack down the Fort in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

REVIEWS:

“The best film about an American Poet ever made.” – Bill Corbett, Boston Phoenix

“Ferrini has a terrific eye…call him a poet of seeing.” – Mark Fenney, Boston Globe

“Documentary lyricism…beautiful and significant…” – Tom Perrotta, Author, Little Children

“…an invaluable contribution to our literature.” -Russell Banks, Author, The sweet Hereafter