In this award-winning documentary, filmmaker Brian Nash has created a tapestry of style and content as he reveals the essence of the late poet bpNichol, author of over 300 publications including books of poetry and fiction, sound recordings, television scripts, libretti and comic strips.
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In 1983 and 1984, bpNichol used an Apple IIe computer and the Apple BASIC programming language to create First Screening, a suite of a dozen programmed, kinetic poems. He distributed First Screening through Underwhich, an imprint he started in 1979 with a small group of poets. The Underwhich edition of First Screening consisted of 100 numbered and signed copies distributed on 5.25" floppies along with printed matter.
