IMDb
7.8 /10
45 votes


History · Documentary · Music · 1970 · 1h 18min
Filmed on the rooftops of lower Manhattan, this performance film features the original Last Poets performing 28 numbers adapted from their legendary Concept-East Poetry appearance at New York's Paperback Theater in 1969. Described as “a conspiracy of ritual, street theater, soul music and cinema."
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Right On! Poetry On Film. The Original Last Poets movie (1971) VHS transfer
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IMDb
7.8 /10
45 votes
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