In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's performances and films punctuate interviews with artists, critics, friends and foes to create an engaging portrait of the artist. Widely known for his banned queer erotica film Flaming Creatures, Smith was an innovator and firebrand who influenced artists such as Andy Warhol and John Waters.
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- Released
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- Tongue Press
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Jack Smith as Self (archive footage)
Nayland Blake as Self
Ira Cohen as Self
Tony Conrad as Self
Richard Foreman as Self
Ivan Galietti as Self
Helen Geets as Self
Robert Heide as Self
Top Crew
Mary Jordan · Director, Writer
Alex Márquez · Editor
Kenneth Wayne Bradley · Producer
Stephen Kessler · Executive Producer
Ross Morgan · Executive Producer
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