Films with: Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich

"Baby Yar" an evening of Russian and American poetry /

With the 1961 publication of his now-classic protest poem against Soviet anti-Semitism, "Baby Yar," Yevtushenko's fame grew. An internationally acclaimed poet, novelist and filmmaker, Yevgeny Yevtushenko has read his poetry at Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, and the Lincoln Center, and is the recipient of numerous international honors: the American Liberties Medallion from the American Jewish Committee (1991); the prestigious Italian Premio Grinzane Cavour Award (2003); the Raoul Wallenberg Medal (2006). Yevtushenko is the first non-American to receive the Walt Whitman Poet in Residence Award.

DVD 4721

Ya-- Kuba I am Cuba /

Four main stories show the rise of the Communist revolution in Cuba, including Battista's Havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people.

DVD 745