THE BOOK OF CONRAD – There is NO noun a verb can’t cure

In the organizer's words:

The film "The Book of Conrad" (Delinquent Films 2016) by Belinda Schmid and David Welch follows the poet CAConrad to where he grew up, to rural America, to a small town in Pennsylvania. Boyertown is a small town where racism and homophobia are prevalent.

Most of CAConrad's family are gun nuts and work in the town's coffin factory. His father is a Vietnam veteran. "I have the luxury of coming from white trash," says CAConrad. At high school, she is outed by a cheerleader and becomes the victim of bullies. They moved to Philadelphia in the 80s and became poets. The books that have appeared since the early 00s have quickly made CAConrad an icon of American counterculture. This is particularly true of the poetry collection "The Book of Frank" (Wave Books), published in 2010, which is seemingly autobiographical and confessional and yet confidently defies this tradition. The documentary traces CAConrad's development: It is a film about art, Elvis and tarot, but it is also a film about the never-ending violence against all those who are not supposed to belong in a standardized, repressive society. The unsolved circumstances surrounding the murder of Mark Holmes (aka Earth), Conrad's partner, also play a central role in "The Book of Conrad".

"It is because of poetry that the documentary is being made. And it is because of poetry that I am healing," says CAConrad.

Following the film, CAConrad will be interviewed by Shane Anderson.

Moderation: Shane Anderson

The event will be interpreted into English and German.

Project management: Nadine Tenbieg

With CAConrad

Supported by:

The poesiefestival berlin is a project of the Haus für Poesie in cooperation with silent green Kulturquartier and the Akademie der Künste and is funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.

Price information:

reduced 5€