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William Faulkner on his native soil in Oxford, Mississippi (1952)

William Faulkner on his native soil in Oxford, Mississippi (1952)

In November of 1952, the normally reclusive Faulkner allowed a film crew into his secluded world at Oxford to make a short documentary about his life. The film, shown here in five pieces, was funded by the Ford Foundation and broadcast on December 28, 1952 on the CBS television program Omnibus. The scripted film re-ena...