Welcome to This House 9 years old

Welcome To This House, a feature documentary film on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop, is about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of art making without full lesbian disclosure. Hammer filmed in Bishop's best loved homes in the U.S., Canada, and Brazil, believing that buildings and landscapes bear cultural memories. Interviews with poets, friends,and scholars provide missing documents of numerous female lovers. Bishop's intimate poems and the creative music composition by Joan La Barbara bring the poet into our lives with new facts and unexpected details.

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Welcome to This House Cast

Name Character
Kathleen Chalfant She was 70, now 79 years old as Elizabeth Bishop

Welcome to This House Crew

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Welcome to This House poster
Welcome to This House (9 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, May 26, 2015
  • Runtime: 79 minutes