Karl Shapiro's America

Duration: 13

Year Published: 1976

Creator: Arthur Hoyle

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Presents poet Karl Shapiro's interpretation of the American experience through collage animation, photography, and interviews. Visualizes his poems about the everyday and commonplace, interweaving explanatory comments from interviews. Reveals Shapiro's belief that poetry is a means of responding to the environment.