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

N. Scott Momaday : words from a bear

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: 1531711286
  • ISBN: 9781531711283
  • ISBN: 1531711278
  • ISBN: 9781531711276
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
    videodisc
  • 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: Biographies.
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Television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Biographies.
Biographical television programs.
Biography

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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