简介：RedPoppyisseekingsupportforafeaturedocumentaryonLatinAmerica'smostrenownedpoet,PabloNeruda(1904-1973).Nerudawasapublicpoet,statesman,activist,andNobelLaureatewhoattainedmythicstatureinhislifetime.Anincurableromantic,incorrigiblewomanizer,andunrepentantmilitantcommunist,Neruda'scontradictionsfoundpoeticexpressioninanachinglyricismandpotentpoliticalverse.Heinventedanewpoeticvoice,distinctivelyAmericano,rootedinLatinAmerica'snativeculturesanduntamedgeography.Nerudawrestedpoetryfromtherarifiedatmosphereofthesalonandgaveittothepeople,acommunalvoicerootedinoraltradition,firedbyrawpassionandthestruggleforjustice."Poetryislikebread,"hewrote."Itshouldbesharedbyall,byscholarsandpeasants,byallourvast,incredible,extraordinaryfamilyofMan."Compellingbiographyrepresentsanidealargerthanitsindividualsubject-inthecaseofNeruda,thethemeofeldeberdelpoeta,thepoet'scalling.ForNeruda,poetrywasarallyingcryforthesocialfunctionofart,awayofbearingwitnesstosufferingandinjustice.Chile'stumultuoushistoryshapedNeruda,andhebecameamajorplayerinitsongoingpoliticalstruggleswithmilitarydictatorship,fascism,nationalliberation,andU.S.intervention.Thepoetlivedthroughsomeofthemostsignificanteventsofthe20thcentury,andhiswritingisachronicleofthetimes,poeticallyexpressed,fromtheSpanishCivilWartotheStalinpurges,theColdWar,andthe1973militarycoupthattoppledChile'sdemocraticallyelectedgovernment.Nerudareclaimed"America"inthenameoftheentirecontinentandredefinedtheculturallandscape,inspiringgenerationsofwritersfromtheBeatPoetstocontemporarySpokenWordartists.PabloNeruda:ThePoet'sCallingwillcreateanintimateportraitofoneofLatinAmerica'smostcolorfulcharacters,andintroduceabroadNorthAmericanaudiencetothepowerofNeruda'spoetry.WrittenbyMarkEisner…