A series of in-depth, on-camera interviews with Poet Laureate Rita Dove conducted and recorded between September 2012 and October 2013 are edited with still images and clips from the Dove familys home-movie collection to create the documentary film, Rita Dove: An American Poet a biographical sketch by Eduardo Montes-Bradley. The result is a very biographical sketch of one of Americas most celebrated poets.
Most of the still images and home movies used in this film are the results of the pioneering efforts of Ritas father to record his familys life in the 1950s and 1960s. Ray Dove was a research chemist for the rubber industry in Akron, Ohio, as well as an amateur astronomer and avid photographer. His presence is felt throughout the film as the watchful eye behind the images used to contextualize and develop Ritas unique story. The film follows her journey from her middle-class childhood to her college years and on through her early travels abroad. The soundtrack is based on elements
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