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.

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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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Bibliographic Details
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

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