PBS
DISTRIBUTION PRESENTS
“POETRY
IN AMERICA” SEASON ONE
12
AMERICAN POEMS
FEATURING
A STAR STUDDED CAST
-- Available on DVD
and Digital beginning January 8 –
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For a Preview of the Program
Arlington, VA - December 12, 2018 - PBS Distribution announces the DVD and digital release
of “POETRY
IN AMERICA,” Season One. “POETRY IN AMERICA” gathers
personalities from all walks of life to interpret, explore, and debate 12 unforgettable
American poems. Show host and Harvard professor Elisa New meets with athletes,
poets, politicians, musicians, architects, scientists, actors, and entrepreneurs
to experience and share the power of poetry in this visually dazzling series.
“POETRY
IN AMERICA” will
be available on DVD (SRP $39.99) and
digital January 8, 2019. The program has a run time of 300 minutes.
“POETRY IN AMERICA” follows Carl Sandburg to Chicago
and Emily Dickinson to Amherst. Along the way notable personalities like actor
Cynthia Nixon, former Vice President Joe Biden and world-famous architect Frank
Gehry share their reflections on poems from Gwendolyn Brooks to Allen Ginsberg
to Nas. Highlights include sports superstar Shaquille O’Neal reading “Fast
Break” by Edward Hirsch and musician Herbie Hancock and former President Bill
Clinton sharing their thoughts on Langston Hughes’ “Harlem.”
The 12
American poems explored in Season One show viewers the lasting power of poetry.
The 12 poems explored are “I cannot dance opon my toes,” by Emily Dickinson,
“Fast Break,” by Edward Hirsch, “Those Winter Sundays,” by Robert Hayden,
“Hymmnn and Hum Bom!,” by Allen Ginsberg, “Skyscraper,” by Carl Sandburg,
“Harlem,” by Langston Hughes, “Musée des Beaux Arts,” by W.H. Auden, “Shirt,”
by Robert Pinsky, “To Prisoners,” by Gwendolyn Brooks, “The Gray Heron,” by
Galway Kinnell, “N.Y State of Mind,” by Nas and “The New Colossus,” by Emma
Lazarus.
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“POETRY IN AMERICA” SEASON ONE
Street Date: January
8, 2019
Genre:
Documentary
Run
Time: Approximately 300 minutes on 2 disc
SRP:
DVD, $39.99
Format:
DVD, Digital
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