Produced, Directed and Photographed by Henry Ferrini

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Music and the Boom Boom Band, Dogbar Yacht Club, Fisheye Records Gravelly Hill Private WA, Tourmaline Music Aqua Piano

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Narrators Henry Ferrini Charles Peter Olson

Poetry Readers Willie Alexander Myriam Cyr Vincent Ferrini John Malkovich

Interviews Ammiel Alcalay Willie Alexander Harry the Barber Robin Blaser Charles Boer Shahar Bram Barbara Rosen Gale Gerrit Lansing Inga Lauterstein Rory O’Connor Charles Peter Olson Rochelle Prendergast Ed Sanders John Sarkin Ambie Scola Pete Seeger John Sinclair Chuck Stein John Stilgoe Craig Stormont Susan Thackrey Anne Waldman Jeff Weaver

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PA’s Isaac Ferrini Rosie Horsely Courtney Karcher Jan Middleton Kim Nolan Ashley Skomurski

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University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library Storrs, CN Berkeley Poetry Conference, 1965 courtesy, Jim Hatch Black Mountain group photo, courtesy Dita Adam Hazel Larsen Archer photos, courtesy of Erika Archer Zarow. Charles Olson at Black Mountain photos, courtesy of Jonathan Williams Merce Cunningham courtesy, Clemens Kalischer Copyright Hazel Larsen Archer photos, courtesy of Erika Archer Zarow.

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Gloucester Harbor, Gloucester Harbor from Rocky Neck 1852/1844 By Fitz Henry Lane, Cape Ann Historical Association, Gloucester, MA

Etching of Charles Olson by Edmond Sullivan Courtesy of the artist, Gloucester, MA

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The manuscripts are reproduced from The Maximus Poems edited by George F. Butterick by permission of The Estate of Charles Olson.

Major funding for POLIS IS THIS was provided by the Bruce J. Anderson Foundation, The Rogers Family Foundation and the citizens of Gloucester .

Produced in association with the Center for Independent Documentary

This program was produced by Henry Ferrini who is solely responsible for its content.

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Individuals Contributions Atlantic Discount David Adams Leo & Jocelyn Allen Steve Alpert Rob Amory John Appleton Sibylle & Michael Baier Battenfeld Gloucester Wilhelmina V.L. Batchelder-Brown John & Janis Bell David & Jacquelyn Bell Harold Bell Charles Boer Dorothy Brown Carl Carlson Kate T. Colby Cooke Services, Inc. Susan & William Copeland Thomas C. Cosgrove Elizabeth T. Curtis Albert Dessetta Frederick & Leslie Dillon Mary J. Ellis Jack Evans John Thorpe Feidt Jr. Owen Ferrini Stan Franzeen Susan J. Frey Jayne Gerrard Greg Gibson Peter Grant Sarah Green Drum Hadley Schuyler Hoffman Frederick & Lauren Johnson Steve Kafalas Chris & Susan Klem Ellen Kurz Gerrit Lansing Dietrich Leube Ruth Rosalind Lepson Louise L. Loud Christine & Paul Lundberg Regina Martinonis Judith L. McCulloch Susie Meserve M-MRT Lila S. Monell Elaine Mosesian Dorothy Nelson John O’Connor Mimi Packman Eunice & Jay Panetta Peter W. Parsons Thomas V. Passchetto James & Margaret Pearson Dawn Pratson In Memory of Jean Radolsivich Rosetta Rasso Howard Richardson Lisa Rigsby Sarah F. Robbins Joseph & Margaret Rosa Ann E. Rosen Anne & Richard Rosenfeld Arthur N. Ryan Grace Schrafft Stuart L. Schreiber Paula & Steven Schwartz George Sibley Andre M. Spears Danuta Stachiewicz Charles & Nancy Steiner William Taylor Mystery Train IV Varian Semiconductor Equipment Vihara Youkta

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The poetry is taken from Charles Olson Reads from Maximus Poems IV,V,VI and produced by Barry Miles and used by permission of the Smithsonian Institute.