Whitman, Alabama pairs the voices of ordinary Alabamians with the poetry of Walt Whitman to create a portrait of America – one state, one poem, one person at a time.
It meets people where they are—in kitchens and courtrooms, porches and prisons. Through the act of reciting the 52 verses of Whitman’s 19th century epic Song of Myself, 21st century truths are revealed in unscripted, intimate moments.
Whitman, Alabama’s empathetic documentary lens becomes an argument for Whitman’s inclusive vision of democracy: expansive and egalitarian, collective and compassionate, pluralistic and participatory.
Viewers call it an “antidote for our times” and a “love letter” to the human spirit. We call it a democratic documentary.
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