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Facing West

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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.

Directed byH. Paul Moon

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 9m
Language
EN
Released
February 1, 2020
Studios
Zen Violence Films

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Darrel Blaine Ford

Darrel Blaine Ford

Walt Whitman

Adalie Morales

Girl

Creative team
Directed by
H. Paul Moon
H. Paul Moon
Written by
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman

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