Poetry Movies
- 1991
Thanksgiving Prayer
Thanksgiving Prayer6.41991HD
An indictment ballad of all the different political groups in America.
- 2019
Zumiriki
Zumiriki02019HD
Is it possible to travel twice to the same memory? The filmmaker built a cabin on an isolated riverbank, just opposite his childhood island, which...
- 2022
Blood on the Carpet
Blood on the Carpet02022HD
A lonely character braving a steep mountain attempting to reach its peak. As he journeys the mountain, he is forced to confront a plethora of...
- 1982
The Stolen Body
The Stolen Body101982HD
Made for Italian national television, Ellis Donda’s Il Corpo Rubato (The Stolen Body) is an experimental documentary on psychoanalisis in...
- 1963
X:et
X:et01963HD
About Swedish artist, painter, sculptor and set designer Sven "X-et" Erixson, presented with Lars Johan Werle's music and accompanied by readings...
- 2016
Chess Poem
Chess Poem102016HD
Short film interpretation of Jorge Luis Borges poem Ajedrez. Narrated in Chinese. Features the Wei Yi Immortal game against Lazaro Bruzon. Originally...
- 2011
Sénac, Jean. Algérien, Poète
Sénac, Jean. Algérien, Poète102011HD
Jean Sénac, born in Béni Saf in Algeria in 1926 and died in Algiers in 1973, is today considered one of the great French writers and...
- 2016
Before I Go to Sleep
Before I Go to Sleep02016HD
A boy and a girl are left homeless while expecting their baby to be born. Together they leave the familiar world and set to the unknown.
- 1992
Francoeur: Exit pour nomades
Francoeur: Exit pour nomades01992HD
Lucien Francoeur, rock poet of the French imagination of North America, lives the destiny he has chosen for himself at 200 miles an hour.
- 1970
The Story of Everything
The Story of Everything01970HD
A creation story in epic poem format that traces our origins from the big bang to now, using science, poetry, storytelling, visual art, music, 'oli...
- 1992
The Black Oud
The Black Oud01992HD
The Black Oud represents a subtle new direction in documentary. I have used the term 'bio-documentary' to describe this slight, though essential,...
- 2016
The Lady in the Book - Sylvia Plath, portraits
The Lady in the Book - Sylvia Plath, portraits02016HD
"The Lady in the Book" is Sylvia Plath, a major author of 20th-century American poetry and a feminist icon following her sudden death at the age of...
- 2023
Dog Years
Dog Years02023HD
An animated poem about a dog, her human, and the consequences of a nasty habit.
- 2020
The Waters of the Bug River
The Waters of the Bug River82020HD
Dedicated to the poet Paul Celan, the film traces the itinerary of the deportation of Jews from Czernowitz and Bucovina to Mikhailovka camp on the...
- 1991
Miguel Ramón Utrera
Miguel Ramón Utrera01991HD
Documentary about the poet Miguel Ramón Utrera.
- 1988
Cowboy Poets
Cowboy Poets01988HD
American cowboys have been writing poetry for over a century. This little-known literary tradition both belies the macho image of the Western heroes...
- 2017
Your Life
Your Life02017HD
Official video for Andrea Gibson's powerful poem about queer identity, "Your Life."
- 1970
Birth of Venus
Birth of Venus01970HD
Forced into quarantine for 10 days upon arrival in Rome, an exchange student’s journey into processing the past comes to a sudden stop, as he...
- 2014
80000 Thoughts
80000 Thoughts22014HD
80,000 Thoughts is a poetic autobiographical and fictional film about testing oneself and one's possibilities—sexually, gender-wise, and...
- 2007
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place02007HD
Documentary about Charles Olson, exploring his life and the significance of Gloucester, Massachusetts.