Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman — Plot

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 the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892.

• Release date
• April 14, 2008
• Runtime
• 109 min
• Genres
• Documentary, History
• Director
• Mark Zwonitzer

Walt Whitman — Cast

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