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Walt Whitman

5.020081h 49mNRMovieDocumentaryHistory

This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of…

DirectorMark Zwonitzer
WriterMark Zwonitzer
ProducersJamila Wignot·Mark Samels

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Cast · Directed by Mark Zwonitzer

JSJ.K. Simmons
J.K. Simmons
Narrator (voice)
CCChris Cooper
Chris Cooper
Walt Whitman (voice)
WWWalt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Self (archive footage)

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