Facing West
2020, English. Directed by H. Paul Moon.
A cinematic setting of poems by Walt Whitman that span his whole life's work, commemorating his bicentennial year. Features the poet's Long Island native "personator" Darrel Blaine Ford, manifesting and reciting "Song of Myself," "There Was a Child Went Forth," "Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun" and "Facing West From California's Shores." Filmed at the poet's birthplace, the Long Island shore, Manhattan, and where West meets East.
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- 0h 9m
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- English
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- 1 February 2020
- Country
- United States of America
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- Walt Whitman
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Facing West isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 February 2020. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Facing West?
Facing West (2020) was directed by H. Paul Moon and stars Darrel Blaine Ford, Adalie Morales.