Joseph Campbell and the power of myth with Bill Moyers

DVD 2018

The 1988 PBS series in which mythologist and storyteller Joseph Campbell joins Bill Moyers to explore what enduring myths can tell us about our lives. In each of six episodes, Moyers and Campbell focus on a character or theme found in cultural and religious mythologies.

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Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987 Interviews

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Description:

3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital
optical
videodisc
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Other Title:

Power of myth

Notes:

Title from web page
Originally broadcast on the PBS television program A world of ideas, May and June, 1988
Bonus feature: Finding Joe
Host and interviewer: Bill Moyers ; interviewee, Joseph Campbell
English dialogue; English subtitles; closed-captioned

Contents:

The hero's adventure
The message of myth
The first storytellers
Sacrifice and bliss
Love and the goddess
Masks of eternity

Control Number:

2608403

UPC:

738329234737

Other Authors:

Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987, television director, interviewee
Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher
Moyers, Bill D., interviewer

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