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    Emily Dickinson: a Certain Slant of Light

    Bayley Silleck 1977 USA Documentary color 30min English Betacam
    Considered one of the greatest American poets of 19th Century, Emily Dickinson retain a special status in the pantheon of literature. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts to a very prominent family, and aside from attending Amherst College, a school co-founded by her grandfather, she would rarely venture far from home, living relative seclusion. Her private life remains shrouded in mystery to this day, and even her contemporaries knew little of her. Only a very small number of her poems were published during her lifetime despite the fact that she produced nearly 1800 poems and various letters, and these were published anonymously no less. The Civil War was a particularly prolific time for her as the tragic conflict inspired her to produce several hundred poems a year. Throughout Emily's work, her unique style and use of language are instantly recognizable, and her works the majority of which was posthumously published has been embraced the world over.

    Director

    Bayley Silleck

    Academy Award nominee Bayley Silleck has written, direct and produce over 30 films in his career. He had an accidental but logical path into the film industry. Poet laureate of his class at Princeton, he published poems and articles in the Nassau Literary Magazine and, upon graduation, decided to be a writer. He was working as a journalist in Rome, covering the range of issues from international politics to film when a movie review he had written caught the attention of a film company.

    Bayley Silleck

    2005 Wired to Win

    2001 Lost Worlds: Life in Balance

    1996 Cosmic Voyage

    1989 "Art of the Western World" TV Series

    1986 On the Wing

    1973 A Dylan Thomas Memoir

    Monterey Media Inc.

    Email: jrmansfield@montereymedia.com

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