Welcome to This House

Overview

Welcome To This House, a feature documentary film on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop, is about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of art making without full lesbian disclosure. Hammer filmed in Bishop's best loved homes in the U.S., Canada, and Brazil, believing that buildings and landscapes bear cultural memories. Interviews with poets, friends,and scholars provide missing documents of numerous female lovers. Bishop's intimate poems and the creative music composition by Joan La Barbara bring the poet into our lives with new facts and unexpected details.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 26, 2015

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

Canada, United States of America, Brazil

Cast

Kathleen Chalfant

Director

Barbara Hammer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt4329186