Summary Welcome To This House, a feature documentary film on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop, is about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of art making without full lesbian disclosure. Hammer filmed in Bishop's best loved homes in the U.S., Canada, and Brazil, believing that buildings and landscapes bear cultural memories. Interviews with poets, friends,and scholars provide missing documents of numerous female lovers. Bishop's intimate poems and the creative music composition by Joan La Barbara bring the poet into our lives with new facts and unexpected details. View more details
Directed : Barbara Hammer
Written : Barbara Hammer
Stars : Barbara Hammer Kathleen Chalfant Elizabeth Bishop Erin Miller
Genres : History Biography Documentary
Release date : May 25, 2015
Countries of origin : United States Canada Brazil
Language : English
Summary Welcome To This House, a feature documentary film on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop, is about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of art making without full lesbian disclosure. Hammer filmed in Bishop's best loved homes in the U.S., Canada, and Brazil, believing that buildings and landscapes bear cultural memories. Interviews with poets, friends,and scholars provide missing documents of numerous female lovers. Bishop's intimate poems and the creative music composition by Joan La Barbara bring the poet into our lives with new facts and unexpected details. View more details
Genres : History Biography Documentary
Release date : May 25, 2015
Countries of origin : United States Canada Brazil
Language : English
