Poetry Movies

Robert Burns was well aware of the revolution taking place across the Atlantic as he grew up. The poet was inspired. And America was to be inspired...

In a film bursting with lyrics, pictures, and music the director shows us a way into the peculiar universe of Tóroddur, and the otherwise not...

The Hurricane Maria represented a historic event for the island of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican spirit at the helm of this natural disaster was...

Seamus Murphy’s documentary examines Irish writer Pat Ingoldsby’s unique world. Ingoldsby’s poems and candid anecdotes bear witness...

Follows French writer Arthur Rimbaud from his schoolboy days in Charleville to his final years in Africa.

An exiled poet returns to his native homeland of Pangasinan province after many years of absence. Through a mystical soul journey, he reclaims his...

An event organised by CND pits the bomb against poetry. Hear artists who hoped that words and rhymes could put an end to destructive times.

When it's sunset in Purgatory and dawn on the Ganges it's noon on the Irish Sea. Filmed on Killiney Hill outside Dublin with John Manning...

Death follows a poet for his whole life, being a parasite to the poet.

A lost chapter in black British film: extraordinary rushes from a documentary showcasing talented members of the black community.

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring vocals by Al Shayne.

A theatrical documentary about Hrytsko Chubai, a genius of Ukrainian poetry, a connoisseur of literature, art and music and the brightest...

A short portrait of poet Bert Schierbeek, who reads from his poetry.

A dramatic recreation of Dylan Thomas' last tour of America, starring actor Bob Kingdom as the Welsh poet. Originally a successful stage production,...

Follows dub poet master Linton Kwesi Johnson out of the recording studio onto the Brixton streets.

A naked girl reads and discusses about 30 poems.