An excellent film called O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder has been completed just in time for Gary's 95th birthday. The 100-minute film by Colin Still features extensive footage of Gary himself along with Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Peter Coyote, Jane Hirschfield, Carol Koda (his late wife), and Jack Shoemaker (his publisher).
You can view the film for free at this link any time before midnight this Sunday (May 11). After that time it will presumably be available only through ordinary film distribution. I encourage you to see it now while you have a chance.
I assume that most of you know who Snyder is. If you don't, you may want to check out these two essays at my website:
- Gary Snyder: "Buddhist Anarchism"
- Kenneth Rexroth: "Gary Snyder: Smokey the Bear Bodhisattva"
Thanks, Ken Knabb, for sending this.
