This interview between reporter Tanya Ott and poet & actress Laura Secord (from The Vagina Monologues) tells the story of a Comanche medicine woman whose life was the inspiration for a new cycle of poems. Secord eloquently describes how Mary Poafybitty?s story touched a cord with her at a sensitive time in her life, and how Comanche attitudes regarding women and aging are a refreshing change from Western ways of thinking. The medicine woman?s personal story is compelling, as is her affect on Secord?s life. My only quibble with the piece is the format. Rather than as an interview between reporter and guest, I think it would be easier for stations to use were it packaged as a reporter piece, or edited into a monologue by Secord.
Comments for Sanapia's Courage Medicine
Produced by Tanya Ott
Other pieces by Tanya Ott
Rating Summary
1 comment
Taki Telonidis
Posted on December 19, 2006 at 06:33 PM | Permalink
Review of Sanapia's Courage Medicine
This interview between reporter Tanya Ott and poet & actress Laura Secord (from The Vagina Monologues) tells the story of a Comanche medicine woman whose life was the inspiration for a new cycle of poems. Secord eloquently describes how Mary Poafybitty?s story touched a cord with her at a sensitive time in her life, and how Comanche attitudes regarding women and aging are a refreshing change from Western ways of thinking. The medicine woman?s personal story is compelling, as is her affect on Secord?s life. My only quibble with the piece is the format. Rather than as an interview between reporter and guest, I think it would be easier for stations to use were it packaged as a reporter piece, or edited into a monologue by Secord.