Willa Cather: The Road Is All (7 Sep. 2005)

This documentary tells the story of a woman who invented herself from scratch. As a child, Willa Cather was taken from her comfortable home in Virginia into the wild Nebraska frontier--a ... See full summary »

Director:

Joel Geyer

Writer:

Christine Lesiak

Stars:

Joan Acocella, Willa Cather, Richard Giannone

1 win.

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Joan Acocella	...	Herself
Willa Cather	...	Herself (archive footage)
Richard Giannone	...	Himself
Vivian Gornick	...	Herself
Cynthia Griffin-Wolff	...	Herself
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Willa Cather (voice)
Margo Jefferson	...	Herself
Tony Mares	...	Himself
David McCullough	...	Himself
Susan Rosowski	...	Herself
David Strathairn	...	Narrator
Joseph Urgo	...	Himself

Storyline

This documentary tells the story of a woman who invented herself from scratch. As a child, Willa Cather was taken from her comfortable home in Virginia into the wild Nebraska frontier--a place so vast and empty she felt "erased." Cather survived and even thrived on the plains, eventually pioneering her way east to New York City where she wrote her great novels: O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, My Antonia, Death Comes For the Archbishop and the Pulitzer Prize-winning One of Ours. Willa Cather: The Road Is All is a story of the transforming power of art, illustrating Cather's life through dramatic re-enactments of scenes from her most famous novels.

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | History | Music | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

PBS [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 September 2005 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Masters

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

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