Film screening of Landscapes of the Heart: The Elizabeth Spencer Story.

This documentary film was produced by our own Sharon Swanson, Program Coordinator for Arts & Health at Duke, and features Chaunesti Webb, Performing Arts Coordinator for Arts & Health at Duke, in the re-enactments. Landscapes of the Heart is currently being screened at film festivals across the country including La Femme International Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA on October 19.Friday, November 15 at Noon.Duke North, room 2003.The film runs about an hour. Please feel free to bring your lunch.You can read more about the film and Elizabeth Spencer¿s work below or via the website: http://elizabethspencerdocumentary.org/Questions? Please contact tamara.kissane@duke.edu or call 919.684.6124.¿Elizabeth Spencer, one of the great voices of American literature, has in Landscapes of the Heart the biographical documentary she deserves. It tells the story of a long and complicated life, of a woman whose talent and intellect and sheer desire took her from her home in Mississippi and sent her around the world. The beauty of it all made me cry.¿ ¿ Daniel Wallace, author of Big Fish and The Kings and Queens of Roam¿Landscapes of the Heart: The Elizabeth Spencer Story¿ is a documentary film offering a window into an extraordinary author's life and work, viewed through the prism of her Southern lineage. It features archival photography and film clips, re-enactments, and interviews with many of today¿s most important writers of the American South."