Films for the Humanities and Sciences

The Power of the Word

This series welcomes viewers into the experience of poetry, helping them to discover that words retain the power to name things honestly, to touch the human spirit, and to enrich life. Bill Moyers introduces the audience to the world of poetry, well aware that many consider the subject irrelevant to their lives. "Once upon a time, so would I. Poetry was something one could get through a whole life without. But I came to see that poets live the lives all of us live, with one big difference: they have the power—the power of the word—to create a world of thought and emotion others can share. We have only to learn to listen." You will meet, in these programs, new poets and old poets—who perform in schools and in the boardroom, in prison and in church; poets who tell us about their hips and poets who tell us about their hearts. "Listen," said the storytellers of old, "listen and you shall hear." Featured in the series are poets James Autry, Robert Bly, Lucille Clifton, Joy Harjo, Garrett Kauro Hongo, Galway Kinnell, Stanley Kunitz, Li-Young Lee, W. S. Merwin, Sharon Olds, Octavio Paz, William Stafford, Gerald Stern, Mary TallMountain, and Quincy Troupe. 6-part series, 60 minutes each.

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Item#: BVL4923

DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-5175-9


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