Listening for Something... Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in Conversation

Overview

The nation, the country, where do we belong in it? In this film through conversation and poetry two poets meet for the telling and the listening. Adrienne Rich is a distinguished American feminist poet, and author of numerous books of prose, poetry, essays and speeches. Dionne Brand is a Trinidadian-Canadian femininst poet, writer and filmmaker. Incisive and inquisitive, the two women meet to discuss the world as they each see it. Claiming any subject, they talk about events as they see them, analytic, contemplative, honest and open ended. Topics include political issues, feminism, racism and lesbianism, among others. The viewer is invited into the exchange by the familiar images of two women talking intimately around a kitchen table, in corridors, or casually outdoors in the United States, Tobago and Canada. Shot in black and white and in colour, the conversation takes us over the territories of their poetry.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1996

Original language

English

Production

ONF,Studio D (NFB),NFB

Cast

Adrienne Rich,Dionne Brand

Director

Dionne Brand

Producer

Signe Johansson,Ginny Stikeman

Cinematography

Moira Simpson,Susan Trow

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0267682