Eric Andersen

A successful conservative commentator ventures out to L.A., where he becomes homeless and gains an entirely new perspective on life.

A mix of unbridled joy and vérité realism, A Poem Is a Naked Person presents the beloved singer-songwriter Leon Russell as filmed by documentarian Les Blank between 1972 and 1974. Blank's camera lets us into the world of Russell and his fellow artists around his recording studio in Oklahoma, capturing intimate, off-the-cuff moments and combining them with mesmerizing scenes of live performance.

Performances, footage and interviews with the scene’s major players tell the story of the Greenwich Village folk revival and Bob Dylan’s role in it.