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Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story

March 26 @ 6:00 pm

Playing in the CCA Cinema

Part of CCA’s monthly AMPLIFIED music series

A feature-length documentary about the sometimes unsettling but always fascinating world of the song-poem industry. In this little known subculture, ordinary people send in their heartfelt, but often bizarre, poems to companies that for a fee turn them into full-fledged musical productions. Advertising in the back of magazines, these companies lure the would-be songwriters with promises of fame and fortune.

This peculiar concoction of American commerce, musicianship, and poetic longing create oddly compelling songs that are unlike anything you’ve ever heard. Off The Charts: The Song-Poem Story explores the lives and dreams of the songwriters and musicians who operate within this strange world.

Features not-so-famous songs like, “Non-Violent Taekwondo Troopers”, “I Am a Ginseng Digger”, “Richard Nixon”, “Jimmy Carter Says Yes!”, “Annie Oakley”, and “How’s Everything in Denmark?”

Director: Jamie Meltzer
Features: Tom Ardolino, Sonny Cash, Del Casher
Run time: 58 min.
 
Film: Documentary, Music
Language: English

$13

Note: Tickets are only $3.00 for EBT cardholders

1050 Old Pecos Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87505 United States
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