Poem Movies

  • 2021
    Wè

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    As Black and LGBTQ+ History Month begin this February, material science clothing brand PANGAIA leads celebrations with a poetic film that honors...

    Wè
  • 2014
    If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat

    If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat

    If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat

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    "If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat" is an intimate meditation on the subversive nature of goats and their effect on the...

    If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat
  • 1935
    Early in the Mornin'

    Early in the Mornin'

    Early in the Mornin'

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    Based on the Edgar A. Guest poem of the same name, this is photographic ode to the American South, featuring representative scenery. Mendelsohn's...

    Early in the Mornin'
  • 2016
    Girl on the Escalator

    Girl on the Escalator

    Girl on the Escalator

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    A film by Kayhan Lannes Ozmen, based on the poem "Girl on the escalator" by Charles Bukowski.

    Girl on the Escalator
  • 1935
    The Old Prospector Talks

    The Old Prospector Talks

    The Old Prospector Talks

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    An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. It features the original song Take Me Home to the Mountain by Loesser & Herscher.

    The Old Prospector Talks
  • 1986
    Diamanda Galas: The Litanies of Satan

    Diamanda Galas: The Litanies of Satan

    Diamanda Galas: The Litanies of Satan

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    Live performance of Diamanda Galas in 1985, released by Target Video. The performance, based on a poem by Charles Baudelaire, devotes itself to the...

    Diamanda Galas: The Litanies of Satan
  • 2014
    O Guardador de Rebanhos

    O Guardador de Rebanhos

    O Guardador de Rebanhos

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    O Guardador de Rebanhos
  • 2024
    The bread which once was dough

    The bread which once was dough

    The bread which once was dough

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    The main morality is the chronic desire for rest Within the historians, filmmakers, astronomers and the bread Which once was dough front to back ...

    The bread which once was dough
  • 2011
    Onion

    Onion

    Onion

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    A short animation based on the poem "Onion" by Wislawa Szymborska.

    Onion
  • 2018
    Boy Saint

    Boy Saint

    Boy Saint

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    A sumptuous short film of friendship and adoration between boys, based on a poem by Peter LeBerge. Moments of joy, bonding and roughhousing on a...

    Boy Saint
  • 2023
    Passing Time

    Passing Time

    Passing Time

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    From the music of Uruguayan composer Florencia Di Concilio, English filmmaker Terence Davies does a cinematic reading of his own poem about his late...

    Passing Time
  • 2014
    O Poeta Americano

    O Poeta Americano

    O Poeta Americano

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    The boy runs after the ball. The worker builds concrete dreams between buildings and soccer balls in a lowland field in Recife. The poet receives a...

    O Poeta Americano
  • 2024
    unbroken rhythms

    unbroken rhythms

    unbroken rhythms

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    a poem. trees. fragments of fritz. love—and nothing besides!

    unbroken rhythms
  • 2021
    Lenore

    Lenore

    Lenore

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    A modern reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven."

    Lenore
  • 2007
    On Top of the Earth

    On Top of the Earth

    On Top of the Earth

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    Sophie is both attracted to boys and girls. She is torn between Nicolas and Mathilde.

    On Top of the Earth
  • 2023
    Afterimages

    Afterimages

    Afterimages

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    A film-poem created for Counterclock Journal's 2023 Patchwork: Film x Poetry fellowship, featuring an original poem by Mackenzie Duan and animation...

    Afterimages
  • 2019
    The Last Dragon

    The Last Dragon

    The Last Dragon

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    Video poem based on The Last Dragon by Radu Stanca.

    The Last Dragon
  • 1941
    Tomten: A Winter Tale

    Tomten: A Winter Tale

    Tomten: A Winter Tale

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    A story about a house elf (tomte) preparing the stable for Christmas. Inspired by the famous poem by the Swedish writer Viktor Rydberg.

    Tomten: A Winter Tale
  • 1970
    At Peace

    At Peace

    At Peace

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    A lonely engineer is intercepted by a young thief, to whom he offers to give all his money with the condition that they share a dinner together. This...

    At Peace
  • 2017
    Afterword

    Afterword

    Afterword

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    Approaching the microphone in a small room, a young woman prepares to make the speech of her life. Desperate to find her voice in the wake of an...

    Afterword