Complex sentence: A devout film buff and scholar, Kent made the transition from the stage to screen in the early 60's wrote and directed the existential Canadian indie post beatnik, pre-hippie classic The Bitter Ash in 1962 and tirelessly toured the film despite the controversy it garnered nationwide.
Split into simpler sentences: A devout film buff and scholar, Kent made the transition from the stage to screen in the early 60's. Kent wrote and directed the existential Canadian indie, post-beatnik, pre-hippie classic "The Bitter Ash" in 1962 and tirelessly toured the film despite the controversy it garnered nationwide.