On January 30, 2009, musician, poet, artist, and activist Patti Smith spoke with filmmaker Steven Sebring and Chicago Sun-Times pop music critic Jim DeRogatis following the screening of Sebring’s film Patti Smith: Dream of Life at Block Cinema.

A streaming video of this conversation can be watched below (62:29 minutes)

Smith’s appearance at the Block coincided with the exhibition Polaroids: Mapplethorpe, which includes instant photographs of Smith taken by her friend and collaborator, the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.