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Cain's Film

Jul 29, 1969 · 27m
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Documentary

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A film about Alexander Trocchi. Scottish born poet, writer, translator and author of "Young Adam" and "Cain's Book". Part of the film was made at the old Arts Laboratory and includes a discussion with William Burroughs. A portrait of Alexander Trocchi, covering his history as a writer, his interest in drugs, his family life, and ‘Sigma’, the organisation he founded to bring together like-minded people.

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Alexander Trocchi
William S. Burroughs
Self
R.D. Laing
Jim Haynes
Narrator
Davy Graham
Self
Shawn Phillips
Feliks Topolski
Directed by Jamie Wadhavan

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Released
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EN
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US, GB
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