The kNew Born by Poet T.L. Sanders

Poet T. L. Sanders presents his art house film The kNew-Born, a 2019 KC Fringe Festival Producer’s Pick. The kNew-Born is a prequel to kNew, Sander’s one man poetic performance and partly-autobiographical story of a son who returns to Kansas City to mourn the death of a prodigal father he hardly knew. The kNew-Born tells the father’s story, a convict slash drug addict who craves a connection with his children and now has a chance to earn parole—that is, if he can fight against himself and become a better man than he has ever been before. Sander’s film addresses the incarceration of Black men, the costs of addiction and the heartbreak of children growing up without fathers. Sanders wrote, directed and stars in the film. A Q&A with Sanders will follow. Copies of Sander’s book, kNew: The Poetic Screenplay and sequel to kNew-Born will be available for purchase.

Poet T.L. Sanders, AKA Àtwist – The Language Artist, is a modern-day renaissance man who lives to build minds and loves to body build. He speaks French. He plays bass. He is a cage-fighting martial artist. He educates. Give him a stage, he articulates. Lend him an ear, he motivates. As an Featured Artist for the Missouri Arts Council, a member of the National Writing Project Writers Council, a Prairie Lands Writing Project Teacher Consultant, a Missouri Writing Project Network Teacher Consultant, a current curriculum director, and former elementary,middle, and high school English teacher, Poet embraces the value of our shared stories. Find him at Poettlsanders.com.