Watch walt whitman soap2day. This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892.
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In this short documentary, Canadian poet Andrew Suknaski introduces us to Wood Mountain, the south central Saskatchewan village he calls home. In...
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This is the about the most admired poet in the History of Urdu and Persian writings, Mirza Ghalib
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A short portrait of poet Bert Schierbeek, who reads from his poetry.
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Drawing on a wealth of unseen archival material and unpublished notebooks, the film weaves a complex and personal portrait of Margaret’s life,...
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A documentary about the Battle of Gettysburg during the US Civil War.
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A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet...
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Kitty Tsui, Chinese American writer, poet, body builder, and lesbian activist, tells of her arrival as an immigrant to San Francisco and, amidst the...
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Documentary short about the American Civil War. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
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A biography about Ahmed Fouad Negm, the famous poet of the Egyptian colloquial, depicting the important historical and revolutionary stages, from his...
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A theatrical documentary about Hrytsko Chubai, a genius of Ukrainian poetry, a connoisseur of literature, art and music and the brightest...
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A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.