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Walt Whitman [videorecording] / PBS ; written and directed by Mark Zwonitzer ; produced and co-directed by Jamila Wignot ; producer, Patrick Long ; a Patrick Long Productions film in association with HiddenHill Productions for American experience.

[S.l.] : PBS Home Video [distributor], c2008.

1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., b&w & col. ; 4 3/4 in.

One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American experience" production 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 at the age of 72.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.

Documentary television programs -- United States.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Zwonitzer, Mark.

Wignot, Jamila.

Long, Patrick.

Simmons, J. K.

Cooper, Chris, 1951-

Patrick Long Productions (Firm)

Hidden Hill Productions.

PBS Home Video.

American experience (Television program)

Broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program American experience.

Special feature: teacher's guide PDF.

Editor, Penny Elliott Hays ; director of photography, Michael Chin ; music, Joel Goodman.

Narrator, J.K. Simmons ; voice of Walt Whitman, Chris Cooper.

DVD; Region 1; widescreen; optional 5.1 surround sound.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

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DVD BIO Whitman

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