Bibliograph

Every child is born a poet, the life and work of Piri Thomas, produced and directed by Jonathan Robinson

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Every child is born a poet, the life and work of Piri Thomas, produced and directed by Jonathan Robinson

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Every child is born a poet

Oclc number

1026393454

Responsibility statement

produced and directed by Jonathan Robinson

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Sub title

the life and work of Piri Thomas

Summary

Follow the life of Piri Thomas from his beginnings on the rough streets of El Barrio/Spanish Harlem to his place as one of the leading chroniclers of life in urban America. Thomas2 autobiographical novel, 1Down These Mean Streets, 2 burst onto the literary scene in 1967 presenting a searing portrait of immigrant life, racial conflict, and urban poverty. His language popped with street slang and flowed with a bilingual rhythm that embodied the hybrid cultures he inhabited

Technique

live action

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