29 Feb 2008
Chicago 10
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Alison Cuddy Presenter
Davis Schneiderman Writer/Organizer
Sally Timms Musician
Anne Waldman Poet
Eileen Myles Poet
Daniel M. Knox Composer
Sasha Frere-Jones Musician/Writer
Thomas Cornerford Filmmaker
Tony Trigilio Teacher/Poet
Richard Pettengill Performer
Don Meyer Performer
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