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Walt Whitman (2008)
Directed by Mark Zwonitzer
Documentary, History · 1h 49m
This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892.
Cast
J.K. Simmons
Chris Cooper
Walt Whitman
Crew
- Director
- Mark Zwonitzer
- Writer
- Mark Zwonitzer
- Producer
- Jamila Wignot
Details
- Release date
- 2008-04-14
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- PBS American Experience, PBS, GBH, Hidden Hill Productions