Rita Dove: An American Poet
- Year
- 2014
- Description
- Filmmaker Eduardo Montes-Bradley interviewed Rita Dove—essayist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and the first African American Poet Laureate of the United States—for over a year about her middle-class upbringing, effects of the civil rights movement on her life, discrimination, and her work. Includes home movies and a recitation of one poem.
- Director
- Montes-Bradley, Eduardo
- Editor
- Montes-Bradley, Eduardo
- Production Team
- Heritage Film Project and Filmakers Library
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- English
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (49 min.) or 1 streaming video (49 min.)
- Type
- Color with black and white sequences
- Production Notes
- Filmed in 2012 and 2013.
- Updated
- 04-12-2022
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