In Love and Anger: Milton Acorn - Poet

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In Love and Anger: Milton Acorn - Poet (1984)

Directed by Kent Martin

Documentary · 52m

This feature documentary profiles poet Milton Acorn, who left his home in Prince Edward Island in the late 1940s to earn his living as an itinerant carpenter, and wound up in Toronto as one of Canada's most highly regarded poets and one of its most outrageous literary figures. Dubbed "The People's Poet" by fellow poets, he won the Governor General's Literary Award in 1975. Burned out by personal crises, Acorn moved back to Charlottetown in 1981. This film, directed by a P.E.I. filmmaker, brings out Acorn's wit, love of nature, unorthodox political views, and sometimes infuriating personal contradictions.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Kent Martin
Director of Photography
Kent Nason
Editor
Kent Martin
Producer
Kent Martin

Details

Release date
1984-01-01
Runtime
52m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
Canada
Production
ONF | NFB