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Every Child Is Born a Poet (2002)

Name: Every Child Is Born a Poet
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1970-01-01T01:00:00+01:00
Cast: Piri Thomas

Documentary | 58 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 58 minuten

Alternative title: Every Child Is Born a Poet: The Life & Work of Piri Thomas

Country: United States

Directed by: Jonathan Meyer Robinson

Stars: Piri Thomas

IMDb score: 6,6 (16)

Releasedate: 15 January 2002

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Every Child Is Born a Poet plot

Born in New York in 1928, the poet, writer and activist Piri Thomas, of Afro-Puertorian-Cuban descent, plays himself in a documentary about his remarkable life and work. Thomas grew up in the ghetto, sought refuge in the navy, became addicted to heroin and was jailed after a robbery. In prison, the angry young man discovered his talent for writing. His famous novel 'Down These Mean Streets' was published in 1967. Now, after three marriages, six children and five grandchildren, the energetic old man reads his poems like an accomplished rapper. Director Jonathan Robinson mixed all genres, from children's story to historical material and reading, to portray the remarkable life. Thomas's message is widely carried: No man is lost in this world. Because in every child there is someone with power of expression, if not a poet.