Walt Whitman

1h 49m
DocumentaryHistory
5

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
Narrator (voice)
Chris Cooper
Walt Whitman (voice)
Walt Whitman
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Mark Zwonitzer
Director, Writer
Mark Samels
Executive Producer
Jamila Wignot
Producer
Sierra Pettengill
Associate Producer

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