Poetry Movies

  • 1970
    Don't Take Harlem

    Don't Take Harlem

    Don't Take Harlem

    01970HD

    “Don’t Take Harlem is my personal love letter to Harlem. This project is dear to me because it allowed me to understand my hometown and...

    Don't Take Harlem
  • 1979
    Luna Tune

    Luna Tune

    Luna Tune

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    A short 1979 sand animation celebrating women's spirituality with 80-year-old lesbian poet Elsa Gidlow reading her work "What If."

    Luna Tune
  • 2020
    The essential word

    The essential word

    The essential word

    72020HD

    Reading out loud one poem of Andrés Eloy Blanco, titled “Pleito de amar y querer” (Battle between loving and caring).

    The essential word
  • 2013
    The Imperfect Cradle

    The Imperfect Cradle

    The Imperfect Cradle

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    Two childhood friends grew up and face strange feelings now. One of them tries to explore that feelings by words and their relationship becomes...

    The Imperfect Cradle
  • 1970
    Anne Sexton at Home

    Anne Sexton at Home

    Anne Sexton at Home

    01970HD

    A fourteen-minute documentary splitted in two parts where we can see Anne Sexton at her home reading, talking about poetry and about her family.

    Anne Sexton at Home
  • 1987
    Do It Yourself Video for Poets

    Do It Yourself Video for Poets

    Do It Yourself Video for Poets

    01987HD

    In a sarcastic mood, EZTV's founder John Dorr makes fun of the extensive aspiring Los Angeles spoken word scene of the 1980s and the enormous number...

    Do It Yourself Video for Poets
  • 2017
    Trivial Poème

    Trivial Poème

    Trivial Poème

    02017HD

    Trivial Poème
  • 1954
    Poems Are Fun

    Poems Are Fun

    Poems Are Fun

    01954HD

    Shows that poems can be written about many subjects. Points out that choral speaking and impromptu composition can increase the enjoyment of poems.

    Poems Are Fun
  • 2024
    I Place You Into the Fire

    I Place You Into the Fire

    I Place You Into the Fire

    02024HD

    Combining the authenticity of Indigenous writer Rebecca Thomas' narrative, the power of poetry, and stunning animation, "I Place You into the Fire"...

    I Place You Into the Fire
  • 1974
    To a Very Old Woman

    To a Very Old Woman

    To a Very Old Woman

    01974HD

    A short film commissioned by CBC based on a poem by Canadian poet Irving Layton.

    To a Very Old Woman
  • 2022
    Russian Roulette

    Russian Roulette

    Russian Roulette

    02022HD

    In a desperate conflict with his own thoughts, a man tries to find a way to express his feelings to the girl he likes through his mind.

    Russian Roulette
  • 2021
    Bambi Hunter

    Bambi Hunter

    Bambi Hunter

    02021HD

    Lockdown, lack of green space, Don Quixote and video games.

    Bambi Hunter
  • 2021
    The Cure

    The Cure

    The Cure

    02021HD

    Alone, driven by hope, a blind painter wanders through the shards and shivers of the past in search of hopeless certainty.

    The Cure
  • 2019
    Experimetral

    Experimetral

    Experimetral

    02019HD

    A journey into a mind of an artist with creative crisis.

    Experimetral
  • 2019
    INFINITY minus Infinity

    INFINITY minus Infinity

    INFINITY minus Infinity

    02019HD

    INFINITY minus Infinity draws on several inspirations: the modernist verse of the Jamaican poet Una Marson, the alluvial invocations of the...

    INFINITY minus Infinity
  • 2014
    SILENCIO la palabra vuelve a tomarlo todo

    SILENCIO la palabra vuelve a tomarlo todo

    SILENCIO la palabra vuelve a tomarlo todo

    02014HD

    Movie A mash-up about contemporary oral poetry, that shows and dismantle the machine that builds the current Buenos Aires underground. A fundamental...

    SILENCIO la palabra vuelve a tomarlo todo
  • 1980
    Cseh Tamás énekel

    Cseh Tamás énekel

    Cseh Tamás énekel

    01980HD

    Smoky little clubs, late nights, late nights of conversation over a glass of beer and a guitar. The lyricist Géza Bereményi and the...

    Cseh Tamás énekel
  • 2012
    Uxío Novoneyra: Poeta/Alén

    Uxío Novoneyra: Poeta/Alén

    Uxío Novoneyra: Poeta/Alén

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    This documentary shows the life and work of the Galician poet from O Courel, Uxío Novoneyra, from a double perspective: the intimate and...

    Uxío Novoneyra: Poeta/Alén
  • 2022
    Liquefy

    Liquefy

    Liquefy

    102022HD

    A vertical film about self-love in the times of liquid love. A film based on a poem by Isadora Tricerri about freedom and the difficulties of being...

    Liquefy
  • 1970
    Margaritas en otoño

    Margaritas en otoño

    Margaritas en otoño

    01970HD

    An elderly woman finds out by the rumors of her friends that a teenager in her neighborhood has been kicked out of her home for being a lesbian. This...

    Margaritas en otoño