ruth weiss the beat goddess (2019)

In a life that has spanned 92 creative years ruth weiss is one of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation Born to a Jewish family during the rise of Nazism as a 10yearold refugee she escaped to the United States ruth became a Jazz troubadour exemplifying the zeitgeist of Chicago New Orleans and San Francisco The film further highlights ruth weiss electrifying and intimate poetry with breathtaking images of exquisite modern dance art animation and music to embody her oeuvre This film documents not only weiss gift to humanity but archives significant historical moments in our worlds social and literary movements As a contemporary of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Jack Kerouac she innovated poetry to jazz