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WHAT IT S ABOUT:
A Civil War veteran, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kid (Tom Hanks), now goes from town to town across the wounded American South to recite public readings of the latest news from across the country. On his travels, he comes across a young white girl, Johanna (Helena Zingel), who mysteriously speaks only the language of the Kiowa American Indians and is left all alone after her adopted family are killed. Swearing to return Johanna to her biological aunt and uncle in a faraway town, the two form a deepening bond as they confront obstacle after obstacle as they travel the hundreds of miles across semi-arid wilds and often hostile towns.
True West Magazine
News of the World
, Tom Hanks’ first Western, is one of the best films of the year.
News of the World stars Tom Hanks as ex-Confederate Capt. Kyle Kidd and Helena Zengel as former Indian captive Johanna in the cinematic adaptation of Paulette Jiles’ novel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award.
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While Texas novelist Paulette Jiles liked the idea of
News of the World becoming a movie, this wasn’t her first rodeo. “Larry McMurtry did a script for
Color of Lightning, but he couldn’t sell it to Hollywood. Twentieth Century-Fox bought
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 5, 2021 6
April is National Poetry Month, and 2021 marks the 25th annual celebration of poets and poetry.
Visit the poets.org site for ways to find and connect with poets and poems. You can sign up to get a poem-a-day in your inbox! There are poems for kids and teens; ways for kids to interact directly with award-winning poets as part of Dear Poet; many poets reading their own work. So much poetry!
More poetry-related headlines to hit you with!
At age 80,
Sylvia Byrne Pollack of Seattle published her first book of poetry! “Risking It,” was released by Red Mountain Press on March 26, 2021. A great article in