Before Ginsberg, before Ferlinghetti, before Corso and Kerouac, there was Ruth Weiss. In 2017, when most of this film was shot, there was still Ruth Weiss, still rocking sequinned garb onstage, at ease in masculine clothing, with short teal hair and matching nail varnish and socks, chain smoking, gravelly voiced, 88 years old and wholly uncompromised, still creating poetry that mattered. The reason why you might not know her name is almost too obvious, too trite to exist. “We don’t publish women,” she remembers one executive telling her outright. But she was right there at the heart of it nonetheless, and her work helped to define an era.
As she sits at her typewriter (despite calling herself “the worst typist in the whole world”), drinking from a pewter goblet, Ruth tells her story – or rather, a succession of stories from an exceptionally rich life which one suspects could yield a...
As she sits at her typewriter (despite calling herself “the worst typist in the whole world”), drinking from a pewter goblet, Ruth tells her story – or rather, a succession of stories from an exceptionally rich life which one suspects could yield a...
- 8/19/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Last week, celebrated poet and one of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation, Ruth Weiss sadly left us, aged 92. However Ruth Weiss: The Beat Goddess, is a new film from multi-award winning filmmaker Melody C.Miller, that celebrates the life and work of a wonderful talent and woman.
In a life that has spanned 92 creative years, Ruth Weiss is one of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation. Born to a Jewish family during the rise of Nazism, as a 10-year-old refugee, she escaped to the United States. ruth became a Jazz troubadour exemplifying the zeitgeist of Chicago, New Orleans, and San Francisco. In the 1950s, she opened up and organized the first poetry readings in North Beach cafes and bars, giving a platform to many poets. The film further highlights Ruth Weiss’ electrifying and intimate poetry with breathtaking images of exquisite modern dance, art, animation, and music to embody her oeuvre.
In a life that has spanned 92 creative years, Ruth Weiss is one of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation. Born to a Jewish family during the rise of Nazism, as a 10-year-old refugee, she escaped to the United States. ruth became a Jazz troubadour exemplifying the zeitgeist of Chicago, New Orleans, and San Francisco. In the 1950s, she opened up and organized the first poetry readings in North Beach cafes and bars, giving a platform to many poets. The film further highlights Ruth Weiss’ electrifying and intimate poetry with breathtaking images of exquisite modern dance, art, animation, and music to embody her oeuvre.
- 8/11/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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