This documentary film explores the outrageous life and times of the banned American writer, Kathy Acker, a woman who lived her life without boundaries. Named one of America’s original ‘outlaw writers’ by the New York Times, Acker created challenging and sexually graphic fiction rooted in the same New York underground scene which inspired the worldwide punk movement. The film covers every aspect of Acker’s life, from her wild early years in New York City to her untimely death in Tijuana, Mexico, of breast cancer in 1997. It is a multi-layered, artistic tour de force – a sophisticated mix of animations, graphic text and filmed re-enactments of scenes from Acker’s bestseller “Blood & Guts in High School”, as well as a host of interviews with leading figures of the time connected with Kathy, including William Burroughs, Kathleen Hanna & Bikini Kill, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Barney Rosset and Ira Silverberg.
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Producer: Markus Fischer & Annette Pisacane | Director: Barbara Caspar | Cast : Met: Victor Bockris, Wendy Bowers, Lynn Breedlove, Kathy Brew, Dennis Cooper, Leslie Dick, Mel Freilicher, Jeff Goldberg, e.a.
Colour – 84’ – Digibeta – No subt
