http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20101004/NEWS01/101004015/Snyder-documentary-to-be-shown
October 4, 2010
The Iowa Writers' Workshop will present a screening of the
documentary film "The Practice of the Wild: A Conversation with Gary
Snyder and Jim Harrison" at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Frank Conroy
Reading Room in the Dey House, 507 N. Clinton St. in Iowa City.
The film is a profile of environmentalist activist and Pulitzer
Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder. Along with Jack Kerouac and Allen
Ginsberg, Snyder was a central figure of the Beat Generation.
Borrowing its name from one of Snyder's most popular nonfiction
books, the film revolves around a lifelong conversation between
Snyder and his fellow poet and novelist Jim Harrison. In the film,
they talk while taking a wilderness trek along the central California coast.
The discussions are punctuated by archival materials and commentaries
from Snyder's friends, observers and intimates who talk about his
Beat years, followed by his years of Zen study in Japan and up to the
present, where he continues to be an environmental advocate.
For more information on the film see its Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Practice-of-the-Wild/328870046224.
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