In/Word/Out (1994)

This film profiles five contemporary American performance poets who have taken their poetry and its celebration of language and creative expression into new public venues. Each of these widely-published and critically acclaimed poets discuss their work and perform before live audiences, including the freewheeling linguistic flights of Gerald Locklin, the feminist expressions of Lyn Lifshin, the working-class poems of Michael Basinski, the bleak and often disturbing images of Jeff Filipski, and the comedic stylings of the "Health and Beauty" duo of Richard Scott and Thom Metzger.