Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind

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Prolific writer Joyce Carol Oates has remained intensely private. Until now. Through a long-standing friendship, and persistent inquiry, director Stig Bjorkman is granted unprecedented access to document her mornings of longhand writing, her walks with her husband—to visit her within her solitude.

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Director(s): Stig Björkman

Writer(s): Stig Björkman, Dominika Daubenbüchel, Stina Gardell

Producer(s): Stina Gardell

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Joyce Carol Oates

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Laura Dern

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Brent Marchant

Telling the story of a talented and prolific artist can be quite a challenge: What should be included? What should be excluded? And how should the narrative effectively fuse the personal and professio...