[NEohioPAL] Cleveland Premier of a new feature documentary about St. Lucian Nobel Laureate, poet, playwright and painter, Derek Walcott at Karamu on Sunday, August 17th

[millie keating via NEohioPAL]

 Join 
us for the Cleveland Premier of "Poetry 
is an Island," 
a 
beautiful new feature documentary about the life 
and
work of 
St. 
Lucian Nobel Laureate, poet, 
playwright and painter, 
Derek Walcott at Karamu 
House on Sunday, August 
17th, 
from 2 to 5 
pm. 
 
Walcott was born on a small Caribbean 
island of African, 
English 
and 
Dutch descent, raised by his single 
mother after his father 
died, 
self published his first book of poems and went on 
to 
become 
a world renowned writer reaching the level 
of Nobel Laureate. 
He is regarded as 
the voice of the people of the Caribbean. In 2004, 
Walcott 
received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Anisfield-Wolf 

Book 
Awards, which recognizes writers who make important 
contributions to our 
understanding of racism and human diversity.
 

http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/2014/07/derek-walcott-
documentary-poetry-is-an-island-to-premiere-at-karamu-house/
 
The 
program will include live St. Lucian Steelpan music and a 
staged excerpt 
from 
the 
Derek Walcott play "Dream on Monkey Island," 
which 
was produced at Karamu to much acclaim in 2007. Following 
the 80 minute feature documentary about Walcott's work 
and 
life 
in 
St 
Lucia, audience members will be able to ask 
questions of the 
director of the film, Ms. Ida Does, by 
Skype, from her home in 
The 
Netherlands.
 
Tickets 
at the door ($12) 
All proceeds going to Karamu House.
 
Sponsored by the 
the 
Anisfield-Wolf Book 
Awards, presented by 

the 
Cleveland 
Foundation
 
  
More about the 
film:
  
"Derek Walcott, Poetry is an island, 
is a feature documentary film about 
Nobel 
laureate, poet, playwright, and visual 
artist, Derek Alton Walcott 
(1930). 
The 
film depicts an intimate portrait of Walcott, as 
we visit his art 
studio, 
his childhood home, and his current residence in St. Lucia. It 
also 
includes 
exclusive archive material from the Nobel Prize Festivities in 1992. 

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, 
this 
film is 
about Walcott’s poetry.
 
Derek 
Walcott grew up in St. Lucia–Castries–in a small family. His father 

died when 
he was 
very young, and so, Derek, his twin brother Roderick, 
and their 
sister Pamela, were raised by their single mother. 
Walcott is of 
African, 
English and Dutch descent. He grew up in an artistic ambiance, 

his 
father being a painter and writer, and his mother–a teacher–encouraging 

him from 
early on to write poetry.
 
In 
Poetry is an island  we share Caribbean moments with Walcott 
as we 
visit 
some of 
his favorite places, his studio, and St. Lucia home. We travel 
through 
St. Lucia and encounter childhood friends whose ‘lives 
became 
poetry’ 
through Walcott’s work. We discover the anger and frustration 
that 
the poet 
holds against the downtime of the arts as he talks to us about 
the 
meaning 
of poetry to him personally, and about the significance of art 
for 
humanity. 
Family members reveal some of the poet’s life challenges, and 

people 
who have worked with him speak frankly about their experiences 
with 
Walcott. Poetry is an island is an intimate portrait of the man, 
the poet, 
and son 
of the Caribbean: Derek Walcott."
 
www.walcottfilm.com 

 		 	   		  
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