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<div dir="ltr"> <div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">Join
us fo</span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">r the Cleveland Premier of <strong>"Poetry
is an Island,"</strong> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">a
beautiful new </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">feature documentary about the life
and</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">work of
</span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">St.
Lucian </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">Nobel Laureate, </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">poet,
playwright and painter, <br><strong>Derek </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Walcott</strong> at </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Karamu
House</strong> on <strong>Sunday, </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><strong>August
17th, </strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><strong>from </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><strong>2 to 5
pm</strong>. </span></div>
<div> </div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">Walcott was born on a small Caribbean
</span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">island </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">of </span>African,
English </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">and
Dutch descent, </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">raised by his </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">single
</span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">mother after his father </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">died,
self published </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">his first book </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">of </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">poems and went on
to </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">become
a world </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">renowned </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">writer </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">reaching the level
of Nobel Laureate. </span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">He is regarded as
the voice of the people of </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">the Caribbean. In 2004, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">Walcott
received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">Anisfield-Wolf
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">Book
Awards, which recognizes writers who make important </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">contributions </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">to our
understanding of racism and human diversity.</span></div>
<div> </div>
<div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/2014/07/derek-walcott-documentary-poetry-is-an-island-to-premiere-at-karamu-house/" data-mce-href="http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/2014/07/derek-walcott-documentary-poetry-is-an-island-to-premiere-at-karamu-house/">http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/2014/07/derek-walcott-</a></span></strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/2014/07/derek-walcott-documentary-poetry-is-an-island-to-premiere-at-karamu-house/" data-mce-href="http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/2014/07/derek-walcott-documentary-poetry-is-an-island-to-premiere-at-karamu-house/">documentary-poetry-is-an-island-to-premiere-at-karamu-house/</a></span></strong></span></div></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">The
program will include live St. Lucian Steelpan music and a <br>staged excerpt
</span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">from
</span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">the
Derek Walcott play "Dream on Monkey Island," </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">which
was produced at Karamu to much acclaim in 2007. </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">Following </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">the </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">80 </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">minute feature documentary a</span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">bout </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">Walcott's work
</span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">and
</span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">life
in </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">St
Lucia, </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">audience members will be able to ask
questions </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">of </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">the </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">director of </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">the </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">film, </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">Ms. Ida Does, by
Skype, </span><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">from her home in </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">The
Netherlands.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">Tickets
at the door ($12) <br>All proceeds going to Karamu House.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sponsored by the
</span></strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>the
</strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Anisfield-Wolf Book
Awards, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">presented by
</span></strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Cleveland
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Foundation</span></strong></span></div>
<div> </div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><strong>More about the
film:</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><em>"Derek Walcott, Poetry is an island,</em>
is a feature documentary film about </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">Nobel
</span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">laureate, poet, playwright, and visual
artist, Derek Alton Walcott </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">(1930).
</span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">The
film </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">depicts an intimate portrait of Walcott, as
we visit his art </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">studio,
his childhood home, </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">and his current residence in St. Lucia. It
also </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">includes
exclusive archive material </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">from the Nobel Prize Festivities in 1992.
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">Finally, and perhaps most </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">importantly,
</span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">this
</span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">film is
about Walcott’s poetry.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">Derek
Walcott grew up in St. Lucia–Castries–in a small family. His father
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">died when
</span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">he was
very young, and so, Derek, his twin brother Roderick, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">and their
sister </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">Pamela, were raised by their single mother.
Walcott is of </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">African,
English and Dutch </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">descent. He grew up in an artistic ambiance,
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">his
father being a painter and writer, </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">and his mother–a teacher–encouraging
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">him from
early on to write poetry.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">In
<em>Po</em><em>etry is an island</em> we share Caribbean moments with Walcott
as we </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">visit
some </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">of
his favorite places, his studio, and St. Lucia home. We travel </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">through
St. Lucia </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">and encounter childhood friends whose ‘lives
became </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">poetry’
through Walcott’s </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">work. We discover the anger and frustration
that </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">the poet
holds against the </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">downtime of the arts as he talks to us about
the </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">meaning
of poetry to him </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">personally, and about the significance of art
for </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">humanity.
Family members reveal </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">some of the poet’s life challenges, and
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">people
who have worked with him speak </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">frankly about their experiences </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">with
Walcott. <em>Poetry is an island</em> is an intimate </span><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">portrait of the man,
the poet, </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">and son
of the Caribbean: Derek Walcott."</span></div>
<div> </div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.walcottfilm.com/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.walcottfilm.com/">www.walcottfilm.com</a>
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