Synopsis
And she thought she'd be safe in her Alabaster chamber...
A 'filmmaker' who is stumped but captivated by Emily Dickinson's
poetry searches for 'flashes of insight' into the elusive poet beyond
those
offered by his lively but traditional interviews with experts such as
famed
actress Julie Harris and U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. So he turns
to
shrinks, a sensitive, a stand-up comic, a rock band – even a fan
with an
Emily tattoo across his back. Still unsatisfied, he holds auditions in
which
dozens of actresses recite poems and improvise Dickinsonian answers to
questions about God, and Death, and Love...
Rising above all the speculation and spectacle are varied readings of
over
50 Dickinson poems.
Major Funding provided byThe Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
The Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities
LEF Foundation
Produced in association with
ITVS (Independent Television Service)
WGBH
Center for Independent Documentary
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