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Films
produced & directed by Jonathan Robinson
© 2003 When In Doubt Productions, Inc.
Every Child is Born a Poet follows the life of Piri Thomas from his beginnings on the rough streets of El Barrio (Spanish Harlem) through his prison experience to his place as one of the leading chroniclers of life in urban America. The film captures Thomasí unbridled creativity with a mix of storytelling, spoken-word poetry performances, stylized dramatizations, and scenes of his on-going work of forty-five years as an educator and activist empowering marginalized and incarcerated youths. Every Child is Born a Poet includes a spellbinding collage of rare archival film footage, still photographs, and mixed-media artwork by artist Juan Sanchez. Pulsating with an original Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz score by composers Kip Hanrahan and John Santos, the film is a riveting portrait of a life lived through struggle, self-discovery, and transformation. (1 hour)
{Click here to visit the PBS website for more information on the documentary{Click here to visit Jonathan Robinson's www.everchildisbornapoet.com website
with ordering information.}Winner of the Opera Prima Award at the
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival 2003Winner of the Paul Robeson Award For Best Documentary at the
Newark Black Film Festival 2004Official Selection in ihe Documentary Competition at the
Tribeca Film Festival 2003Nominee for Distinguished Documentary Feature Award 2003 by the
International Documentary Association (Ida)Finalist for the Silver Wolf Award at the
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) 2003Finalist for Outstanding Documentary Feature at the
Literacy In Media Awards 2004
