Publication
Imprint: Boulder, Colorado : Chariot Videos. Responsibility:produced by Chariot Productions ; producer/director, Victress Hitchcock. Features Paul Joe Vest, Allen Ginsberg. OCLC Number: 214073786. Language: In English. Physical: 1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Call number
DVD / Front Desk
Original publication date
1992
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CSS Library Notes
Description: A program about music, AIDS, poetry, death and life.
In the summer of 1989, at the age of 44, Paul Joe Vest was diagnosed with AIDS. At a time when a diagnosis of AIDS was a virtual death sentence, for Vest it became the beginning of a journey that was to transform his life.
Moving to the spiritual community of Crestone, Colorado he began composing a wreck for him for chorus and orchestra using Walt Whitman's poems on death and dying–in celebration of all people who have died and to live with AIDS.
This award-winning video follows the creation of composer Vest's lyrical “Requiem”. Candid conversations with Vest and family and friends, including poet Allen Ginsberg are woven together with the poetry of Walt Whitman read by Ginsburg to create an unforgettable portrait of a human being living with AIDS.
As an inspiration to live fully in the face of impermanence, “Song of the Open Road” is as timely today as it was when it was 1st released. For those facing any life threatening disease or change of life circumstances, “Song of the Open Road” encourages us to open our hearts to the unpredictable and live with grace and humor doing what we love
in the 15 years since it was first released, “Song of the Open Road” has been seen on PBS stations, using hospice settings, university classes and AIDS awareness and educational events across the country.
“ 'Song of the Open Road' Has a message that speaks to people who love and suffer, who wonder about the purpose of life and how to go on. The video speaks to people with HIV, touched by HIV, or those who know no one with HIV…”––Caryn Berman, Director of AIDS Training Programs, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, University of Illinois.
FY2012 / jvsn
In the summer of 1989, at the age of 44, Paul Joe Vest was diagnosed with AIDS. At a time when a diagnosis of AIDS was a virtual death sentence, for Vest it became the beginning of a journey that was to transform his life.
Moving to the spiritual community of Crestone, Colorado he began composing a wreck for him for chorus and orchestra using Walt Whitman's poems on death and dying–in celebration of all people who have died and to live with AIDS.
This award-winning video follows the creation of composer Vest's lyrical “Requiem”. Candid conversations with Vest and family and friends, including poet Allen Ginsberg are woven together with the poetry of Walt Whitman read by Ginsburg to create an unforgettable portrait of a human being living with AIDS.
As an inspiration to live fully in the face of impermanence, “Song of the Open Road” is as timely today as it was when it was 1st released. For those facing any life threatening disease or change of life circumstances, “Song of the Open Road” encourages us to open our hearts to the unpredictable and live with grace and humor doing what we love
in the 15 years since it was first released, “Song of the Open Road” has been seen on PBS stations, using hospice settings, university classes and AIDS awareness and educational events across the country.
“ 'Song of the Open Road' Has a message that speaks to people who love and suffer, who wonder about the purpose of life and how to go on. The video speaks to people with HIV, touched by HIV, or those who know no one with HIV…”––Caryn Berman, Director of AIDS Training Programs, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, University of Illinois.
FY2012 / jvsn
Physical description
4.75 inches
Language
Original language
English