Jail time in Oklahoma connected a filmmaker to Kiowa peyote rituals he recorded

Evidence

That February Smith went with Rooks to Oklahoma and ran afoul of the law—held for a week in the Anadarko, Oklahoma, jail for public drunkenness and suspicion of stealing guns. While in stir he met and befriended several Kiowa who introduced him to their peyote rituals, which he taped for Moses Asch. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 681

Categorization

• XREF: Supports the ‘conditions’ thesis — the psychedelic turn flowed through contingencies like a jail stay and indigenous contact, not purely through aesthetic choice.