Facing West
Drama
20209m
Director: H. Paul Moon
A cinematic setting of poems by Walt Whitman that span his whole life's work, commemorating his bicentennial year. Features the poet's Long Island native "personator" Darrel Blaine Ford, manifesting and reciting "Song of Myself," "There Was a Child Went Forth," "Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun" and "Facing West From California's Shores." Filmed at the poet's birthplace, the Long Island shore, Manhattan, and where West meets East.
Runtime
9m
Language
English
Released
Feb 1, 2020
Runtime
9m
Language
English
Released
Feb 1, 2020
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