Summary
A collection of filmed poetry readings culled from the 43-year archive of the International Poetry Forum, which was originally founded in 1966 by Dr. Samuel Hazo of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Contents
Poets reciting their own poems (66 min.)Actors & actresses reciting poems (58 min.).
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Poetry, Modern
-- 20th century.
Poetry, Modern -- 21st century. Literary readings. Filmed performances. |
| Publisher | [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] :[International Poetry Forum?],2009 |
| Edition | Full screen. |
| Other Titles | International Poetry Forum, 1966-2009 |
| Contributors |
Hazo, Samuel,
1928- compiler, narrator. Engelbrecht, Roy, film producer. Carpenter, Archie, film producer. MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982, performer. Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017 performer. Pastan, Linda, 1932- performer. Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013, performer. Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010, performer. Causley, Charles, 1917-2003, performer. Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019 performer. Tranströmer, Tomas, 1931-2015, performer. Van Duyn, Mona, performer. Forché, Carolyn, performer. Walcott, Derek, performer. Kinnell, Galway, 1927-2014, performer. Collins, Billy, performer. Reid, Alastair, 1926-2014, performer. Levine, Philip, 1928-2015, performer. Shapiro, Karl, 1913-2000, performer. Kumin, Maxine, 1925-2014, performer. Hall, Donald, 1928-2018 performer. Williams, Miller, performer. McDougall, Jo, performer. Reed, Ishmael, 1938- performer. Miłosz, Czesław, performer. Williams, C. K. (Charles Kenneth), 1936-2015, performer. Voigt, Ellen Bryant, 1943- performer. Kiley, Richard, performer. Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich, 1933-2017 performer. Jones, James Earl, performer. Shields, Brooke, 1965- performer. Conrad, David, 1967- performer. Woolf, Gabriel, performer. Balcon, Jill, performer. Kingdom, Bob, performer. York, Michael, 1942- performer. Noor, Queen, consort of Hussein, King of Jordan, 1951- performer. Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982, performer. Glover, Danny, performer. Burstyn, Ellen, 1932- performer. International Poetry Forum, |
| Participants/Performers |
Poets reciting their own poems: Archibald MacLeish, Richard Wilbur, Linda Pastan, Seamus Heaney, Lucille Clifton, Charles Causley, W.S. Merwin, Tomas Transtromer, Mona Van Duyn, Carolyn Forche, Derek Walcott, Galway Kinnell, Billy Collins, Alastair Reid, Philip Levine, Karl Shapiro, Maxine Kumin, Donald Hall, Miller Williams, Jo McDougall, Ishmael Reed, Czeslaw Milosz, C.K. Williams, Ellen Bryant Voight. Actors and actresses reciting poems: Richard Kiley, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, James Earl Jones, Brooke Shields, David Conrad, Gabriel Woolf, Jill Balcon, Bob Kingdom, Michael York, Queen Noor of Jordan, Princess Grace, Danny Glover, Ellen Burstyn. |
| Language |
English Russian In English, with some Russian. |
| Notes |
Title from container. |
| System Details |
DVD-R (might not be compatible with all players); full screen presentation. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (124 min) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |