Un Trip: raúlrsalinas and the Poetry of Liberation

A split screen jazz and liberation film based on the words of “Un Trip through the Mind Jail” by raúlrsalinas, written in 1969 in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. The 25-minute short explores the lived experience of the Xicanindio poet -- imprisonment in the jail machine, community destruction and gentrification in Austin, Texas, and the overwhelming force of culture in sanity and transformation.

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Un Trip: raúlrsalinas and the Poetry of Liberation

Monday
Sep 21

9:00 pm

30 Minutes

A split-screen jazz and liberation film based on "Un Trip through the Mind Jail" written by RaúlRSalinas in 1969 while incarcerated at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary.
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Un Trip: raúlrsalinas and the Poetry of Liberation

Tuesday
Sep 22

2:00 am

30 Minutes

A split-screen jazz and liberation film based on "Un Trip through the Mind Jail" written by RaúlRSalinas in 1969 while incarcerated at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary.
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Un Trip: raúlrsalinas and the Poetry of Liberation

Tuesday
Sep 22

10:00 am

30 Minutes

A split-screen jazz and liberation film based on "Un Trip through the Mind Jail" written by RaúlRSalinas in 1969 while incarcerated at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary.

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