Benjamin Smoke
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jem Cohen
Tim Campion
Brian Halloran
Coleman Lewis
Todd Butler
Will Fratesi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A memorial to the self-destructive, hipster musician "Benjamin" Robert Dickerson. Known locally as the "Mouth of the South," Robert Dickerson, was a hard-living country boy, occasional drag queen and singer for a punk-country-blues band called Smoke, popular in Atlanta's 1970s punk scene,
Cast
Tim Campion
Brian Halloran
Coleman Lewis
Todd Butler
Will Fratesi
Bill Taft
Patti Smith
Crew
Todd Butler
Tim Campion
Sarah Cawley
Sarah Cawley
Jem Cohen
Jem Cohen
Jem Cohen
Jem Cohen
Jem Cohen
Jem Cohen
Noah Cowan
Will Fratesi
Brian Halloran
Coleman Lewis
Nancy Roach
Peter Sillen
Peter Sillen
Peter Sillen
Peter Sillen
Peter Sillen
Peter Sillen
Patti Smith
Bill Taft
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 21, 2000
Released in United States August 11, 2000
Released in United States on Video May 31, 2005
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States February 2000
Released in United States June 2000
Released in United States July 2000
Released in United States November 2000
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 22 - October 5, 2000.
Shown at docfest: New York International Documentary Festival May 31 and June 2-6, 2000.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Forum) February 9-20, 2000.
Shown at New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival June 1-11, 2000.
Shown at Galway Film Fleadh July 11-16, 2000.
Shown at London Film Festival (Experimenta) November 1-16, 2000.
After Benjamin was brought to media artist Jem Cohen's attention by R.E.M. vocalist Michael Stipe in 1989, Cohen sporadically filmed him from 1990 onward. However, the bulk of the conversational footage of Bejamin was filmed in 1997. Before he succumbed to AIDS in early 1999, Dickerson (who fronted the bands Freedom Puff, Opal Foxx Quartet and Smoke) had the chance to open for the legendary Patti Smith who memorialized him in her song "Death Singing."
Released in United States Summer July 21, 2000 (NY)
Released in United States August 11, 2000 (Music Hall; Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video May 31, 2005
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 22 - October 5, 2000.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at docfest: New York International Documentary Festival May 31 and June 2-6, 2000.)
Released in United States February 2000 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Forum) February 9-20, 2000.)
Released in United States June 2000 (Shown at New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival June 1-11, 2000.)
Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at Galway Film Fleadh July 11-16, 2000.)
Released in United States November 2000 (Shown at London Film Festival (Experimenta) November 1-16, 2000.)
