N. Scott Momaday : words from a bear

Publication/Creation:: [Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2019]
Resource Type:: Video or Visual Material

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Full Title:: N. Scott Momaday : words from a bear / a co-production of Rainy Mountain Media LLC, Independent Television Service Inc., Vision Maker Media, and Thirteen Productions LLC's American Masters for WNET ; directed and produced by Jeffrey Palmer

Additional Author/Creators:: Palmer, Jeffrey (Filmmaker), television director, television producer, and editor of moving image work
Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-2024, interviewee (expression)
Redford, Robert, interviewee (expression)
Bridges, Jeff, 1949-, interviewee (expression)
Bridges, Beau, interviewee (expression)
Jones, James Earl, interviewee (expression)
Harjo, Joy, interviewee (expression)
Rainy Mountain Media (Firm), production company
Independent Television Service, production company
Vision Maker Media, production company
American Masters Pictures, production company
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), broadcaster
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributror

Genre:: Biographical television programs
Documentary television programs
Nonfiction television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
Subjects:: Momaday, N. Scott,1934-2024
Authors, American--20th century--Biography
American literature--Indian authors--Biography

Summary:: Words from a Bear gives a thorough survey of Momaday's most prolific years as a doctorate fellow at Stanford University, his achievement of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1969, and his later works that solidified his place as the founding member of the 'Native American Renaissance' in art and literature, influencing a generation of Native American artists, scholars, and political activists.
Language:: English
Language Note:: English dialogue; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); audio-described.
Physical Type/Description:: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Technical Note:: DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround or stereo.
General Note:: Title from container.
Originally broadcast on television in 2019 as an episode of American masters.
Special features: A reading from N. Scott Momaday's novel, In the bear's house, by James Earl Jones and Flynn Jones; dialogues with N. Scott Momaday and Robert Redford in Santa Fe, NM; an interview with N. Scott Momaday's former editor, Francis McCullough.
Participant/Performer Note:: Interviewees, N. Scott Momaday, Robert Redford, Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges, James Earl Jones, Joy Harjo.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Editor, Nancy Novack ; music, Aska Matsumiya ; cinematographers, Jeffrey Palmer, Youngsun Palmer.