Join us for a screening of Photography + Film Professor, Sasha Water’s, latest documentary: Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World as part of the James River Film Festival.
Admission is free for students and faculty with their VCU ID.
American poet and essayist Mary Oliver is profiled in director Sasha Waters’ latest film.
This film focuses on Oliver’s deep affinity for Nature as a source of salvation–credited for helping her deal with life’s realities. Like Thoreau, Whitman, and Emerson, Oliver found transcendence in Nature, and her writing, in simple, yet eloquent language, expresses that spirit. She won a Pulitzer for American Primitive (1984),the National Book Award in 1992. “Oliver’s ‘Nature’ becomes an arena for shared struggle, one in which while we may be lonely, we are not alone”—Director Sasha Waters
Sponsored by VCUarts Department of Photography + Film
