American experience. Walt Whitman / PBS ; written and directed by Mark Zwonitzer ; produced and co-directed by Jamila Wignot ; producer, Patrick Long ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; a Patrick Long Productions film in association with HiddenHill Productions for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation.

One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American experience" production tells Whitman's life story, from his working class...

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Uniform Title:	American experience (Television program) Walt Whitman.
Corporate Authors:	Patrick Long Productions (Firm) Hidden Hill Productions WGBH Educational Foundation PBS Home Video
Other Authors:	Zwonitzer, Mark (Director, author of screenplay,) Wignot, Jamila (Producer, Director) Long, Patrick (Producer) Samels, Mark (Producer) Cooper, Chris, 1951- (Actor) Simmons, J. K. (Narrator) Hays, Penny Elliott (Film editor) Chin, Michael (director of photography.) Goodman, Joel (Joel Scott) (composer (expression)) Ballou, Jasmine (Art director) Dunbar, Heather (Costume designer)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published:	[United States] : PBS Home Video [distributor], [2008], ©2008.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892. Poets, American > 19th century > Biography. Documentary television programs > United States. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. 1800 - 1899 Documentary television programs. Poets, American. United States.
Genre:	Biography. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Walt Whitman.
Format:	Video DVD