Charles Curtis Blackwell: the Oakland poet, painter, playwright and teacher -- takes us on an intimate journey into his past and present. From his challenging upbringing in both California and Mississippi, to his current creative life -- we follow as he discusses loss, love, pain, and redemption -- all through the prism of his artistic endeavors.
The film follows the story of a community of artists in a changing San Francisco. Countering gentrification with their words and images, they try to makes sense of what it means to live as artists in a modern city.
Documentary-Mystery about Jimmy Lyons, the legendary jazz artist who wrote lyrics about love, family, existentialism, politics, myth, and meaning. Lyons was once arrested in New York City at the Gaslight Cafe for his unique vocal style and subsequently acquitted for his "right to expand the boundaries of poetry."
