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N. Scott Momaday : words from a bear  Cover Image DVD DVD

N. Scott Momaday : words from a bear / a co-production of Rainy Mountain Media LLC, Independent Television Service Inc., Vision Maker Media, and Thirteen Productions LLC's American Masters for WNET ; directed and produced by Jeffrey Palmer.

Palmer, Jeffrey (Filmmaker), (television director,, television producer,, editor of moving image work.). Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-2024 (interviewee (expression)). Redford, Robert, (interviewee (expression)). Bridges, Jeff, 1949- (interviewee (expression)). Bridges, Beau, (interviewee (expression)). Jones, James Earl, (interviewee (expression)). Harjo, Joy, (interviewee (expression)). Rainy Mountain Media (Firm), (production company.). Independent Television Service, (production company.). Vision Maker Media, (production company.). American Masters Pictures, (production company.). WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), (broadcaster.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm), (publisher.).

Summary:

Words from a Bear gives a thorough survey of Momaday's most prolific years as a doctorate fellow at Stanford University, his achievement of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1969, and his later works that solidified his place as the founding member of the 'Native American Renaissance' in art and literature, influencing a generation of Native American artists, scholars, and political activists.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781531711276
  • ISBN: 1531711278
  • ISBN: 9781531711283
  • ISBN: 1531711286
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Wide screen.
Originally broadcast on television in 2019 as an episode of American masters.
Special features: A reading from N. Scott Momaday's novel, In the bear's house, by James Earl Jones and Flynn Jones; dialogues with N. Scott Momaday and Robert Redford in Santa Fe, NM; an interview with N. Scott Momaday's former editor, Francis McCullough.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Editor, Nancy Novack ; music, Aska Matsumiya ; cinematographers, Jeffrey Palmer, Youngsun Palmer.
Participant or Performer Note:
Interviewees: N. Scott Momaday, Robert Redford, Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges, James Earl Jones, Joy Harjo.
Target Audience Note:
TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-14.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround or stereo.
Language Note:
English dialogue.
Subject: Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-2024.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
American literature > Indian authors > Biography.
Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-
American literature > Indian authors.
Authors, American.
Genre: Biography
Biographical television programs.
Biographies.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library DVD 188 BIO MOMA 2019 100000025 DVD Available -


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