Bill Moyers, The language of life

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Label

Bill Moyers, The language of life

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

• Forché, Carolyn
• Grubin, David
• Harper, Michael S., 1938-2016
• Hass, Robert
• Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273
• McCarriston, Linda
• McPherson, Sandra
• Moyers, Bill D
• Mura, David
• Nye, Naomi Shihab
• Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012
• Snyder, Gary, 1930-
• Sundiata, Sekou
• Zamora, Daisy
• Acorn Media (Firm)
• Athena (Firm)
• David Grubin Productions
• Public Affairs Television (Firm)
• Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
• Alegría, Claribel
• Baca, Jimmy Santiago, 1952-
• Barks, Coleman
• Bly, Robert
• Chin, Marilyn
• Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010
• Cruz, Victor Hernández, 1949-

Director

• Grubin, David

Host

• Moyers, Bill D

Producer

• Grubin, David

Subject

• African American poets -- Interviews
• African Americans
• African Americans -- Poetry
• American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
• American poetry -- African American authors
• American poetry -- African American authors
• American poetry -- Asian American authors
• American poetry -- Asian American authors
• American poetry -- Hispanic American authors
• American poetry -- Hispanic American authors
• American poetry -- Minority authors
• American poetry -- Minority authors
• American poetry -- Minority authors | History and criticism | Theory, etc
• American poetry -- Puerto Rican authors
• American poetry -- Puerto Rican authors
• American poetry -- Women authors
• American poetry -- Women authors
• American poetry -- Women authors | History and criticism | Theory, etc
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Documentaires télévisés
• 1900-1999
• Documentary television programs
• Documentary television programs
• Films autres que de fiction
• Interviews
• Literary readings
• Noirs américains -- Poésie
• Nonfiction films
• Poetry
• Poets, Puerto Rican
• Poets, Puerto Rican -- Interviews
• Poètes noirs américains -- Entretiens
• Poésie américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique | Théorie, etc
• Poésie américaine -- Auteurs américains d'origine asiatique
• Poésie américaine -- Auteurs américains d'origine latino-américaine
• Poésie américaine -- Auteurs noirs américains
• Poétesses américaines -- Entretiens
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videos -- DVD
• Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
• Women poets, American
• Women poets, American -- Interviews
• Documentary television programs
• African American poets

Genre

• Poetry
• Poésie
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videos
• Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
• Entretiens
• Films autres que de fiction
• Interviews
• Literary readings
• Documentaires télévisés
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Nonfiction films
• Documentary television programs

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

Runtime

447

Technique

live action