Overview

Filmed on the rooftops of lower Manhattan, this performance film features the original Last Poets performing 28 numbers adapted from their legendary Concept-East Poetry appearance at New York's Paperback Theater in 1969. Described as “a conspiracy of ritual, street theater, soul music and cinema."

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Cast

Gylan Kain

Himself (member of 'The Original Last Poets')

Felipe Luciano

Himself (member of 'The Original Last Poets')

David Nelson

Himself (member of 'The Original Last Poets')