In Clouds Descending

United States / / 00:02:00 min

A poem film about the human toll of political violence, featuring excerpts from Walt Whitman's poetry about the American Civil War, arranged and read by Adam E. Stone. Warning: contains graphic historical photographs depicting the aftermath of political violence. Total run time, including credits: 2 minutes. Available with burned-in English-language captions/subtitles, upon request. Use the "CC" button to view with English-language captions/subtitles in this video player. Directed, produced, and edited by Adam E. Stone. Written by Walt Whitman. Archival photographs and footage from the Library of Congress. Copyright 2025 by Adam E. Stone. All rights reserved. Text of film poem: In clouds descending in midnight sleep of many a face of anguish I dream Of many a face in midnight sleep many ... a face in clouds descending I dream, I dream, I dream I dream at night, the moon, so unearthly bright Shining sweetly shining down where we dig the trenches and gather the heaps I dream, I dream, I dream Long, long have they passed faces and trenches and fields Of their forms at night I dream I dream With a callous composure I dream ... I dream In midnight sleep in clouds descending of many a face I dream ... I dream
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Film maker
Adam E. Stone

Adam E. Stone is an independent filmmaker from the Midwestern United States. His films have been featured at over 250 prominent, well-curated festivals worldwide, and have won numerous awards. He has made feature-length experimental films, short poem films, short dance films, and other short experimental films. Stone also is one of the co-producers of, and conducted many of the interviews for, two feature-length documentaries: "Miss Fury and the Lost Legacy of Tarpé Mills" (2024), and "Black Hawk Down: The Untold Story" (DVD 2019). In 2012, Stone wrote and produced the spoken-word ballet "A Life Unhappening," which is about the impact of one woman's Alzheimer's disease on three generations of her family. In 2010, he wrote, directed, and produced the DVD novel "Cache Girl Saves the World: A Novel in Visions." He is also the author of three conventional print novels.



 
 

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