Who's Afraid of Kathy Acker? (2007)

01/01/2007 (AT) • 1h 16m

Documentary

Overview

Documentary tracing the extreme life of outlaw writer, performance artist and punk icon, Kathy Acker. Through animation, archival footage, interviews and dramatic reenactments, director Barbara Caspar explores Acker's colorful history, from her well-heeled upbringing to her role as the scribe of society's fringe.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

identity

literature

writing

poet

biography

american

novelist

postmodernism

kathy acker

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