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1. Langston Hughes his life and times (2003)
Alice Walker and Arnold Rampersad discuss Langston Hughes with Bruce Schwartz. Topics include experiences shaping Langston's youth, how he became a writer, the beauty and style of his writing, and the Harlem Renaiss...
Alice Walker and Arnold Rampersad discuss Langston Hughes with Bruce Schwartz. Topics include experiences shaping Langston's youth, how he became a writer, the beauty and style of his writing, and the Harlem Renaiss...
2. Into the morning: Willa Cather's America (1978)
Portrays the life, work, and times of writer Willa Cather.
Portrays the life, work, and times of writer Willa Cather.
3. Katherine Anne Porter: the eye of memory (1986)
Presents a portrait of American writer Katherine Anne Porter. Recollections of Porter by a nephew and friends are interwoven with dramatizations from her short stories. Includes commentary by Eudora Welty and Robert...
Presents a portrait of American writer Katherine Anne Porter. Recollections of Porter by a nephew and friends are interwoven with dramatizations from her short stories. Includes commentary by Eudora Welty and Robert...
4. El balcón abierto (1984)
A dramatic presentation of the life and works of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. Illustrates his life and death, his work, and his influence on Spanish society.
A dramatic presentation of the life and works of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. Illustrates his life and death, his work, and his influence on Spanish society.
5. Chaucer, 1340-1400 (1984)
Presents a reading of the prologue to The Canterbury tales read in Middle English and The pardoner's tale acted out in Nevill Coghill's modern rendering.
Presents a reading of the prologue to The Canterbury tales read in Middle English and The pardoner's tale acted out in Nevill Coghill's modern rendering.
6. Herman Melville's Bartleby, the scrivener (1977)
Dramatic adaptation of the Melville story about an elderly lawyer who describes his relationship with his employees, including his newest copyist, Bartleby.
Dramatic adaptation of the Melville story about an elderly lawyer who describes his relationship with his employees, including his newest copyist, Bartleby.
7. Introduction to English poetry (1984)
Shows the sweep, range, and variety of English verse by presenting extracts from Chaucer, Shakespeare, Herbert, Milton, Swift, Blake, Wordsworth, Shelley, Emily Brontë, Emily Dickinson, Hardy, Yeats, and Ted Hughes.
Shows the sweep, range, and variety of English verse by presenting extracts from Chaucer, Shakespeare, Herbert, Milton, Swift, Blake, Wordsworth, Shelley, Emily Brontë, Emily Dickinson, Hardy, Yeats, and Ted Hughes.
8. Bertolt Brecht he made suggestions (1986)
Biography of the renowned poet Bertolt Brecht.
Biography of the renowned poet Bertolt Brecht.
9. Alex Haley (1992)
In one of the few in-depth conversations with Alex Haley before his death in 1992, this film is a moving testament to a man who became a symbol of African Americans' determination to endure and excel.
In one of the few in-depth conversations with Alex Haley before his death in 1992, this film is a moving testament to a man who became a symbol of African Americans' determination to endure and excel.
10. Poet laureate Rita Dove (1994)
Rita Dove talks to Bill Moyers about her life and work. Features Dove reading from her works and in performance before an audience.
Rita Dove talks to Bill Moyers about her life and work. Features Dove reading from her works and in performance before an audience.
11. The war of the worlds (1994)
H.G. Wells is the father of science fiction. In this program, biographers discuss the novel and Wells himself--his dysfunctional family, his dreams, and his own battle with depression.
H.G. Wells is the father of science fiction. In this program, biographers discuss the novel and Wells himself--his dysfunctional family, his dreams, and his own battle with depression.
12. Bharati Mukherjee conquering America (1990)
Author Bharati Mukherjee discusses her works and what it means to be an Asian immigrant in the United States.
Author Bharati Mukherjee discusses her works and what it means to be an Asian immigrant in the United States.
13. The war within a portrait of Virginia Woolf (1995)
A portrait of Virginia Woolf, including a recreation of the furor around the 1910 and 1912 post-Impressionist exhibits, documentation of the Woolfs' contribution to the creation of the League of Nations, the recentl...
A portrait of Virginia Woolf, including a recreation of the furor around the 1910 and 1912 post-Impressionist exhibits, documentation of the Woolfs' contribution to the creation of the League of Nations, the recentl...
14. Ernesto Cardenal: Cántico cósmico (1997)
Uses computer imagery and on-screen Spanish text to explore Cardenal's work of political cosmology. Interviews with the poet are interwoven with exerpts of Cántico cósmico.
Uses computer imagery and on-screen Spanish text to explore Cardenal's work of political cosmology. Interviews with the poet are interwoven with exerpts of Cántico cósmico.
15. Voices of memory (1989)
Li-Young Lee and Gerald Stern offer poems that reveal the deep power of memory to inform and illuminate immediate experience. Stern's Jewish heritage provides him with the direction to resurrect and reconstruct past...
Li-Young Lee and Gerald Stern offer poems that reveal the deep power of memory to inform and illuminate immediate experience. Stern's Jewish heritage provides him with the direction to resurrect and reconstruct past...
16. Salvation (2002)
Set in Kansas in 1915, thirteen-year-old Langston Hughes' aunt is well-meaning in her efforts to bring him into the spiritual fold. But a moral crisis results when Langston has to choose between pleasing his elders ...
Set in Kansas in 1915, thirteen-year-old Langston Hughes' aunt is well-meaning in her efforts to bring him into the spiritual fold. But a moral crisis results when Langston has to choose between pleasing his elders ...
17. Ancient civilizations Ancient Greece (1997)
Beginning with Homer's account of the Trojan War, this program re-creates the Greek world to provide insight into the daily lives of the Ancient Greek citizens.
Beginning with Homer's account of the Trojan War, this program re-creates the Greek world to provide insight into the daily lives of the Ancient Greek citizens.
18. Yo soy Pablo Neruda (1967)
Examines the career and literary output of Pablo Neruda, who made his home at Isla Negra on the coast of Chile. Includes views of Mr. Neruda reading many of his poems in the locales which inspired them.
Examines the career and literary output of Pablo Neruda, who made his home at Isla Negra on the coast of Chile. Includes views of Mr. Neruda reading many of his poems in the locales which inspired them.
19. Speaking Shakespearean verse (1979)
Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company present a workshop before a television studio audience in which they interpret the rhythms and pronunciation of Shakespeare's English.
Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company present a workshop before a television studio audience in which they interpret the rhythms and pronunciation of Shakespeare's English.
20. Preparing to perform Shakespeare (1979)
Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company present a workshop before a television studio audience to demonstrate how they rehearse and learn to perform Shakespeare's plays.
Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company present a workshop before a television studio audience to demonstrate how they rehearse and learn to perform Shakespeare's plays.
21. Passion and coolness (1983)
John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of passion and coolness, including his mixture of deep feeling, choric elements, and the balancing o...
John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of passion and coolness, including his mixture of deep feeling, choric elements, and the balancing o...
22. Using the verse (1982)
John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of blank verse. The actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines ...
John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of blank verse. The actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines ...
23. Set speeches and soliloquies (1983)
John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of dialogue and soliloquy for story and audience purposes. Barton explains the differences between t...
John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of dialogue and soliloquy for story and audience purposes. Barton explains the differences between t...
24. Poetry and hidden poetry (1982)
John Barton leads members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion of Shakespeare's use of poetry and hidden poetry in seemingly unpoetic lines. Barton and the actors demonstrate how polysyllables trip easil...
John Barton leads members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion of Shakespeare's use of poetry and hidden poetry in seemingly unpoetic lines. Barton and the actors demonstrate how polysyllables trip easil...
25. Exploring a character (1982)
Under John Barton's direction, two members of the Royal Shakespeare Company explore Shakespeare's character Shylock to demonstrate how Shakespeare develops a character, and the multiplicity of ways in which his char...
Under John Barton's direction, two members of the Royal Shakespeare Company explore Shakespeare's character Shylock to demonstrate how Shakespeare develops a character, and the multiplicity of ways in which his char...