The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 13, 1996

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Director

Christopher Felver

Description

Christopher Felver's enormously engaging documentary is a serious and powerful portrait of San Francisco's legendary poet, painter and City Lights publisher. Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been a vital creative force in the American literary scene since the 1950's when he arrived in San Francisco and began to write his infamous poems, including A Coney Island of the Mind.