DVD
Bill Moyers. The language of life
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Host, Bill Moyers.
Publication Information
[Silver Spring, MD] : Athena : [Distributed by Acorn Media, 2011]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (ca. 447 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide (13 p. : col. ill. ; 15 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Celebrated journalist Bill Moyers combines intimate, one-on-one interviews and public performances in this celebration of modern poetry's diverse voices. Featured poets include National Book Award honorees, Pulitzer Prize winners, and a former U.S. Poet Laureate, as well as accompaniment by the famed Paul Winter Consort.
Notes
Title from container.
"As seen on PBS"--Container.
Originally broadcast as a documentary mini-series on PBS in 1995.
Contains 8 episodes.
Special features: poet book lists and a biography of Bill Moyers.
Contents
- Welcome to the mainland ; Love's confusing joy ; The field of time
- Some can sing ; Here in the mind ; Swirl like a leaf
- The heart of things ; Come celebrate with me.
Subjects
- American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
- American poetry > Minority authors > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
- American poetry > Women authors > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
- Poets, Puerto Rican > Interviews.
- African American poets > Interviews.
- Women poets, American > Interviews.
- American poetry > Puerto Rican authors.
- American poetry > Women authors.
- American poetry > African American authors.
- African Americans > Poetry.