The documentary Red Poet: The Story of Jack Hirschmanhad its U.S. premiere tonight as part of the Sacramento International Film Festival. Jack Hirschman, pictured above reading from his Italian published magnum opus The Arcanes, gave a reading after the screening. Hirschman served as the poet laureate of San francisco from 2006-2009 and is now the San Francisco Public Library poet-in-residence.
Sacramento Poetry Center board member Rebecca Morrison was credited for making Red Poet screening and Hirschman’s reading in Sacramento possible.
