From There to There: Bruce Ario, the Minneapolis Poet is an official selection for the Awareness Film Festival this month. There will be a live, in-person screening at the Illusion Magic Lounge on 10/25/25 in Santa Monica. Tickets can be purchased at a 15% discount (through 10/15) with referral code EBAFF15. The exact location is:
The Illusion Magic Lounge – Room 2
1418 4th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Bruce Ario’s Selected Poems is available for purchase, and his great novel, Cityboy, will be available this week. You can read more about the film here, and stay updated on our upcoming films through Patreon.
Joel Parrish and I have been shooting in Nebraska, Colorado, Georgia, Paris, and Virginia this year as we tackle the neglected black American poet James Emanuel, the Southern poet Don Moss (who writes for this magazine), and the science writer and paleontologist Loren Eiseley, whose books we have discussed quite a bit.
For those in Minneapolis, we are hosting private screenings 10/14 through 10/17. These will be recorded alongside our Q&A sessions. I will also be attending a People Incorporated meet-and-greet (with complementary copies of Bruce’s work) on 10/23. You may email us (under “Contact”) if you’d like to attend one of these Minneapolis screenings.
Thank you for your support!
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More from Alex Sheremet: Before Palestine, There Was Liberia (Hidden History), In Development: Alex Sheremet’s SELECTED PHOTOS, The Murder and Resurrection of Paul Klebnikov