Research Catalog

Title

The United States of poetry [videorecording] / Washington Square Films ; Independent Television Service ; producer/creators, Joshua Blum, Bob Holman ; director, Mark Pellington.

Publication

[Miami Lake, Fla.] : KQED Video, c1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Blum, Joshua.
• Holman, Bob, 1948-
• Pellington, Mark.
• Washington Square Films, Inc.
• Independent Television Service.

Description

2 videocassettes (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in. +

Summary

Sixty short films that illustrate individual poems. Recited by their creators. Includes Amrir Baraka, Joseph Brodsky, Jimmy Carter, Sandra Ciseros, Leonard Cohen, Wanda Coleman, Rita Dove, Maggie Estep, Lawrence Ferlingnetti, Michael Franti, Allen Ginsburg, John S. Hall, Jenny Holzer, Jack Kerouac (read by Johnny Depp), Czeslaw Milosz, Tracie Shihab Nhe, Everton Sylvester, Sparrow, Derek Walcott, Sue Wallace ... [et al.]

Subject

• Am.rican poetry > 20th century

Note

• Title from container.

Credits (note)

• Production design, Steve Kimmel ; editor, Adam Schwartz ; music, Tomandandy.

System Details (note)

• VHS.

Contents

[v. 1] Land and the people. Day in the life. American dream -- [v. 2] Love and sex. Word.

ISBN

0912333944 (set)

OCLC

34996704

Title

The United States of poetry [videorecording] / Washington Square Films ; Independent Television Service ; producer/creators, Joshua Blum, Bob Holman ; director, Mark Pellington.

Imprint

[Miami Lake, Fla.] : KQED Video, c1996.

System Details

VHS.

Credits

Production design, Steve Kimmel ; editor, Adam Schwartz ; music, Tomandandy.

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Added Author

Blum, Joshua.

Holman, Bob, 1948-

Pellington, Mark.

Washington Square Films, Inc.

Independent Television Service.

Branch Call Number

VC 811.008 U