Walt Whitman

Director: Mark Zwonitzer

Writer: Mark Zwonitzer

Producer: Jamila Wignot

This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892.

109 min Rating: 5/10 Released

Top Cast

J.K. Simmons
J.K. Simmons
Narrator (voice)
Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper
Walt Whitman (voice)
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Self (archive footage)

Movie Info

Director: Mark Zwonitzer

Writer: Mark Zwonitzer

Producer: Jamila Wignot

Production Companies: PBS American Experience, PBS, GBH, Hidden Hill Productions

Countries: United States of America

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