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SPECIAL PRICE $29.95 (Normally $34.95) Benjamin Smoke is a hauntingly beautiful yet unflinching look at a performer whose life has had a profound effect on many artists, including R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, Cat Power's Chan Marshall and Patti Smith. There are over forty minutes of outtakes and Interviews with Benjamin, bonus live footage of Smoke, and performances of unreleased tribute songs by Cat Power and Vic Chesnutt. Over a decade in the making, the film traces Benjamin's life from his childhood, to his work with Smoke and previous band the Opal Foxx Quartet, to living with HIV. But Benjamin Smoke is not a traditional music documentary; it is an intricate collage of interviews, live performances, and time-lapse cinematography, all intercut with still photographs by award-winning photographer Michael Ackerman.