Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Stig BjörkmanWriter
• Dominika DaubenbüchelWriter
• Stina GardellWriter
• Stig BjörkmanDirector

Cast

• Joyce Carol OatesSelf
• Laura DernVoice

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