“OLD FAMILY MOVIES represents a wonderful new way of experiencing poetry in a multi-media format; the book comes with a DVD containing videos of the poems. The images that accompany the readings bring the poetry to life for the reader. I found "My Father's Death Certificate" especially moving, as the clinical language of the certificate yields to the softer tone of reminiscence as the images of the son's relationship with his father unfold simultaneously in word and picture. "My Mother's Kindergarten Classroom" brings the past to life with happier images of a life and a way of life remembered. This book/video experience is a real treat, and points the way toward a new direction in poetry.”
Janet McCann, Ph.D., Director of Creative Writing, Texas A&M University
“OLD FAMILY MOVIES: POETRY VIDEO by Robert Kirschten celebrates family memories in a new and vivid format. As the mother of two boys, the younger of whom is beginning school, I want to remember the major moments in their lives with this new method of e-scrapbooking. Like other families, we have lost loved ones; yet, with poetry video, the remembrance of parents and grandparents can come vividly alive for my children and for their children I have enjoyed many viewings of OLD FAMILY MOVIES—it is really about all families!-- and intend to use it as model for my own digital, memory projects.”
Rogina Fritsch, Mother of Two, Cypress, Texas
