Chasen Gaver Movie Trailers

Disappearing Act Trailer (1990)

01 January 1990

A monologue which posits being Black and HIV positive as making one doubly invisible, and losing weight as a prelude to disappearing.

Fresh Out of Ideas Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

Gaver is an actor rather than a reciter and pulls the "text" out of a gold-leaf skull, folds it into an airplane and then tosses it over and over.

A Family All Together Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

A parody of American domestic and political life. Marge Jones, a B-movie actress, is plagued by creditors and blackmail.

Under Suspicion Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

The poet vanishes and only his voice remains. He is replaced, as Walters describes it, by a "visual realization" of the poem's themes of spies, secret codes and lurking violence.

Desk in Hell Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

A now-defunct Washington, D.C. after-hours gay bar is used as the setting for hell.

Beat: The Performance Poetry of Chasen Gaver Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

Documents the innovative ways in which Washington writer/poet Chasen Gaver uses movement, percussion and other performance elements to enhance the delivery of verse.

Jackie Strikes Back Trailer (1982)