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The Resource Bill Moyers, The language of life, David Grubin Productions, Inc., and Public Affairs Television ; a presentation of Thirteen WNET New York ; directed and produced by David Grubin

Bill Moyers, The language of life, David Grubin Productions, Inc., and Public Affairs Television ; a presentation of Thirteen WNET New York ; directed and produced by David Grubin

Label
Bill Moyers, The language of life
Title
Bill Moyers
Title part
The language of life
Statement of responsibility
David Grubin Productions, Inc., and Public Affairs Television ; a presentation of Thirteen WNET New York ; directed and produced by David Grubin
Title variation
Language of life
Contributor
Director
Host
Producer
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
  • Episode 1. Welcome to the mainland: Sekou Sundiata "oralizes" in polyrhythmic, jazz-influenced performances; Naomi Shihab Nye seeks universal truths in everyday objects and experiences
  • Episode 2. Love's confusing joy: Transcendent verse by the 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi, as translated and read by Coleman Barks
  • Episode 3. The field of time: "Saying the unsayable" about violence and love, in poems by Linda McCarriston and Sandra McPherson
  • Episode 4. Some can sing: Poems of family and politics by Carolyn Forché and Claribel Alegría; "domestic felicities" and haiku by Robert Hass
  • Episode 5. Here in the mind: Everyday heroes and heroines in poems by former Sandinista revolutionary Daisy Zamora; "landscapes of the mind" by Gary Snyder
  • Episode 6. Swirl like a leaf: Expressions of rage and forgiveness by Jimmy Santiago Baca, of identity and duality by Marilyn Chin, and of aging and wisdom by Robert Bly
  • Episode 7. The heart of things: "Moving to the heart of things" with Adrienne Rich, celebrating multiculturalism with Victor Hernández Cruz, and jazzing with Michael S. Harper
  • Episode 8. Come celebrate with me: Poems exploring the pain and courage required to stand out, fit in, and stand up, by Lucille Clifton and David Mura
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Directed by David Grubin
Intended audience
Rating: Not rated
Language note
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
PerformerNote
Hosted by Bill Moyers
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1930-
  • 1952-
  • 1929-2012
  • 1949-
  • 1938-2016
  • 1936-2010
  • 1207-1273
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Moyers, Bill D
  • Sundiata, Sekou
  • Nye, Naomi Shihab
  • Barks, Coleman
  • McCarriston, Linda
  • McPherson, Sandra
  • Forché, Carolyn
  • Alegría, Claribel
  • Hass, Robert
  • Zamora, Daisy
  • Snyder, Gary
  • Baca, Jimmy Santiago
  • Chin, Marilyn
  • Bly, Robert
  • Rich, Adrienne
  • Cruz, Victor Hernández
  • Harper, Michael S.
  • Clifton, Lucille
  • Mura, David
  • Grubin, David
  • Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī
  • David Grubin Productions
  • Public Affairs Television (Firm)
  • WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
  • Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
  • Athena (Firm)
  • Acorn Media (Firm)
Runtime
447
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
  • Poets, Puerto Rican
  • African American poets
  • Women poets, American
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
  • African Americans
  • Poésie américaine
  • Poètes noirs américains
  • Poétesses américaines
  • Poésie américaine
  • Poésie américaine
  • Poésie américaine
  • Noirs américains
  • African American poets
  • African Americans
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
  • American poetry
  • Poets, Puerto Rican
  • Women poets, American
Technique
live action
Label
Bill Moyers, The language of life, David Grubin Productions, Inc., and Public Affairs Television ; a presentation of Thirteen WNET New York ; directed and produced by David Grubin
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Originally broadcast on PBS in 1995
  • Viewer's guide laid in slipcase
  • Special features: 16-page viewer's guide with an introduction by Bill Moyers, profiles of the writers, and a guide to selected poetry festivals across America; poet book lists and a biography of Bill Moyers
Accompanying material
1 viewer's guide ([16] pages : color portraits ; 15 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • disc 1: Episode 1.
  • Welcome to the mainland -- Episode 2.
  • Love's confusing joy -- Episode 3.
  • The field of time
  • disc 2: Episode 4.
  • Some can sing -- Episode 5.
  • Here in the mind -- Episode 6.
  • Swirl like a leaf
  • disc 3: Episode 7.
  • The heart of things -- Episode 8.
  • Come celebrate with me
Control code
707363253
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Extent
3 videodiscs (447 min.)
Isbn
9781598285499
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
Other control number
054961854998
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
AMP-8549
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)707363253
System details
DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Bill Moyers, The language of life, David Grubin Productions, Inc., and Public Affairs Television ; a presentation of Thirteen WNET New York ; directed and produced by David Grubin
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Originally broadcast on PBS in 1995
  • Viewer's guide laid in slipcase
  • Special features: 16-page viewer's guide with an introduction by Bill Moyers, profiles of the writers, and a guide to selected poetry festivals across America; poet book lists and a biography of Bill Moyers
Accompanying material
1 viewer's guide ([16] pages : color portraits ; 15 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • disc 1: Episode 1.
  • Welcome to the mainland -- Episode 2.
  • Love's confusing joy -- Episode 3.
  • The field of time
  • disc 2: Episode 4.
  • Some can sing -- Episode 5.
  • Here in the mind -- Episode 6.
  • Swirl like a leaf
  • disc 3: Episode 7.
  • The heart of things -- Episode 8.
  • Come celebrate with me
Control code
707363253
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Extent
3 videodiscs (447 min.)
Isbn
9781598285499
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
Other control number
054961854998
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
AMP-8549
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)707363253
System details
DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo
Video recording format
DVD

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