The Tribe Interviews with Jean-Michel Mension

Jean-Michel Mension haunted Saint- Germain-des-Prés as a member of the legendary Lettrist International, direct progenitor of the Situationist International. In a series of conversations, Mension recounts this very particular vie de bohme whiled away with Guy Debord and a rogues' gallery of hard drinkers and thinkers. The rich iconography includes many of Ed van der Elsken's celebrated photographs of 'the tribe' and a trove of Lettrist leaflets and posters. A rare, vivid tour of a moment and milieu barely noticed at the time by the tourists flocking to Saint-Germain for a glimpse of Sartre and Co.