Welcome to this House (2015) dir. Barbara Hammer
Feature documentary film on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop (19111979), about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of art making without full selfdisclosure. Hammer filmed in Bishops best loved homes in the US, Canada, and Brazil believing that buildings and landscapes bear cultural memories. Interviews with poets, friends, and scholars provide missing documents of numerous female lovers. Bishops intimate poetry is beautifully performed by Kathleen Chalfant and with the creative music composition by Joan La Barbara brings Bishop into our lives with new facts and unexpected details.
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