William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash

William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash

85 mins | Documentary | Nov. 1, 2014

To celebrate the 100th birthday of America's most audacious writer, William S. Burroughs, Chicago Humanities Festival brings together a motley crew of poets, writers, and musicians. William Seward Burroughs (1914 - 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He was a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature. Burroughs's needs took him across the United States, down into Mexico, to Europe and beyond. On his travels, he meets up with various members of the underground drug and "outcast" cultures.

William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash

85 mins | Documentary | Nov. 1, 2014

William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash
To celebrate the 100th birthday of America's most audacious writer, William S. Burroughs, Chicago Humanities Festival brings together a motley crew of poets, writers, and musicians. William Seward Burroughs (1914 - 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He was a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature. Burroughs's needs took him across the United States, down into Mexico, to Europe and beyond. On his travels, he meets up with various members of the underground drug and "outcast" cultures.
Producers Chicano Humanities Festival, Lake Forest College
Original title William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash
Directors
Writers William S. Burroughs

Cast

Alison Cuddy

as Presenter

Davis Schneiderman

as Writer/Organizer

Sally Timms

as Musician

Anne Waldman

as Poet

Eileen Myles

as Poet

Daniel M. Knox

as Composer

Sasha Frere-Jones

as Musician/Writer

Thomas Cornerford

as Filmmaker

Tony Trigilio

as Teacher/Poet

Richard Pettengill

as Performer

Don Meyer

as Performer