Poem Movies

  • 2021
    Dance Like a Snail

    Dance Like a Snail

    Dance Like a Snail

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    The pantun is about a game I (we) used to play pretending to be the characters in invented fairy tales. This time it was a snail. The images of...

    Dance Like a Snail
  • 2021
    LIGHTS

    LIGHTS

    LIGHTS

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    A boy who finished school and spends time at home, between routine and sleep, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    LIGHTS
  • 2020
    I Imagine a Text that Changes

    I Imagine a Text that Changes

    I Imagine a Text that Changes

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    A haiku about a window and a woman.

    I Imagine a Text that Changes
  • 2017
    Weltende

    Weltende

    Weltende

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    Weltende
  • 1974
    To a Very Old Woman

    To a Very Old Woman

    To a Very Old Woman

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

    To a Very Old Woman
  • 2023
    Burning Batteries

    Burning Batteries

    Burning Batteries

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    In the tradition of experimental genres such as the cut-up, collage, permutation, altered book, & erasure poem, ‘Burning Batteries’...

    Burning Batteries
  • 1970
    Colors (A Visual Poem)

    Colors (A Visual Poem)

    Colors (A Visual Poem)

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    You are alive like they are.

    Colors (A Visual Poem)
  • 2020
    Shades of Mensa

    Shades of Mensa

    Shades of Mensa

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    In his film-poem Shades of Mensa, Jon Ratigan pairs glyphs and typograms from graphic aptitude tests prevalent in employment application processes...

    Shades of Mensa