Keats and his nightingale: blind date

Present-day people, ranging from morgue attendants to hockey fans react to John Keats' 1819 Ode to a nightingale, a poem about immortality, pain, and yearning. Alternating between interviews and a tongue-in-cheek version of an educational film on Keats, the documentary comments on modern-day resistance to poetry enjoyment as well as the filmmaking process.

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record