| Description |
1 videocassette (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Physical Medium |
1/2 in. |
| Description |
analog |
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magnetic |
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VHS |
| System Details |
VHS. |
| Note |
Biographical documentary. |
| Performer |
Commentator: Stephen Robitaille. |
| Credits |
Produced and directed by Stephen Robitaille and Bill Suchy ; scripting, Stephen Robitaille ; director of photography and editor, Bill Suchy. |
| Summary |
Poet May Sarton talks about the motif of flux and the experience of loss and spiritual rebirth in her work. She also talks about her own aging as an influential factor in her physical and creative life. Interspersed with her own comments and those of the filmmaker Stephen Robitaille are scenes of the poet giving a reading in Gainesville, Florida. Poems she reads include Gestalt at sixty, On being given time, A celebration for George Sarton, The silence now, The House of gathering, and The Phoenix again. |
| Provenance |
Library's copy in Riderana is a gift of Phyllis Chiemingo. |
| Subject |
Sarton, May, 1912-1995.
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Sarton, May, 1912-1995. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographical films.
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Biographical films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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| Subject |
Poets, American -- Biography.
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Poets, American -- Biography. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Robitaille, Stephen, associated name.
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Suchy, Bill. dtr
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Sarton, May, 1912-1995, proofreader.
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Florida Media Arts Center.
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Terra Nova Films.
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| Added Title |
Writing in the upward years |
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