Muramoto, Jane.

Administrative History

In 1982 Jane Muramoto produced for public broadcasting television station KQED in San Francisco, a half-hour documentary film of Kenneth Patchen's California years.

Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for Anything, conveys the personal and human side of Patchen's creativity as told by Miriam Patchen, poet Al Young, small press printer Jonathan Clark, poet and playwright James Schevill, and UCSC Special Collections librarian, Rita Bottoms. The documentary also draws upon existing recordings of Kenneth Patchen reading with jazz ensembles and a 1959 Pacifica network radio interview.

Film is a production of KQED's Events and Presentations Unit. Producers/Directions: Jane Muramoto and Allen Willis. Executive Producers; Jim Scalem and Nat Katzman.