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Welcome to this house : a film by Barbara Hammer ; directed by Barbara Hammer.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 027 240
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979.
- Bishop, Elizabeth.
- Women poets, American.
- Poets, American--20th century--Biography.
- Poets, American.
- Women poets, American--20th century--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (79 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : www.barbarahammer.com, [2015]
- Language Note:
- In English with some Portuguese with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) presentation; stereo sound.
- digital optical stereo
- NTSC
- video file DVD, Region 1
- Summary:
- "Welcome to this house ... [is] a feature documentary film on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of art-making without full lesbian self-disclosure. [The director] filmed in Bishop's best loved homes in the U.S., Canada, and Brazil believing that buildings and landscapes bear cultural memories."--Container.
- Participant:
- Linda Dittmar, Barbara Hammer, Erin Miller.
- Interviewees, Marie-Claire Blaise, Sandra Barry, Helen MacLachlan ... [et al.]
- Voice of Elizabeth Bishop, Kathleen Chalfant.
- Credits:
- Directors of photography, Barbara Hammer ... [et al.]; editor, Barbara Hammer; sound composer, Joan La Barbara.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2015.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Commins-Holman Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 926747744
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