Fooling with Words : A Bill Moyers Special [VHS]
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Movie Review: Bill Moyers scores again!
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: Great for Teaching Poetry
Summary: 5 Stars

The range of poetic types and styles provide examples for exercises, lectures--even research papers on some of the more established authors like Baraka, Clifton, Kunitz, etc. And the show is entertaining--when students request to hear poems over and over (those of Curtis Lamkin particularly), it is a surreal classroom situation.

Movie Review: The Promise of Poetry
Summary: 5 Stars

Here, he is true to the spirit of the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, on which this film is based. Each poet is shown at the podium, reading their own work to the hundreds of people in attendance, while in the setting of a large outdoor tent. The front row perspective of the camera permits us to see the range of emotions conveyed by each author while they read.

Numerous interviews with the poets help give us a sense of why they do what they do and also help to provide some background on their personal history.

If you missed this program when it was initially broadcast, these tapes will provide the setting for hours of quiet contemplation at time that is personally convenient.

Literature & Poetry Video

• Genres > Special Interests
• Documentary
• Special Interests - Literature & Poetry - General