Poetry Movies

  • 2023
    Ik dacht dat ik je kende

    Ik dacht dat ik je kende

    Ik dacht dat ik je kende

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    Jip and Mijntje meet at a party organised by their mutual friend Lino. The sparks fly immediately and they grow closer as the months pass. Suddenly...

    Ik dacht dat ik je kende
  • 2022
    Blood on the Carpet

    Blood on the Carpet

    Blood on the Carpet

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    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...

    Blood on the Carpet
  • 2020
    The essential word

    The essential word

    The essential word

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

    The essential word
  • 2021
    Healed

    Healed

    Healed

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    A poor girl tries to take care of his father during the COVID-19 pandemic by participating in a poetry competition.

    Healed
  • 2024
    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

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    The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
  • 1970
    Sunnyside

    Sunnyside

    Sunnyside

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    Ninety-year-old sound artist and comedian Henry “Sandy” Jacobs lives a quirky existence at the end of Sunnyside Drive, a steep and...

    Sunnyside
  • 2024
    I Place You Into the Fire

    I Place You Into the Fire

    I Place You Into the Fire

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    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
  • 1996
    Evangeline's Quest

    Evangeline's Quest

    Evangeline's Quest

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    Explores the creation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie,” and the phenomenon it became.

    Evangeline's Quest
  • 1998
    Ján Smrek menej známy

    Ján Smrek menej známy

    Ján Smrek menej známy

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    Ján Smrek menej známy
  • 1970
    Great Spirit

    Great Spirit

    Great Spirit

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    Documentary video journey in search of the missing Tatar poet Rahim Sattar. The path from the present to the past runs through a polylogue of...

    Great Spirit
  • 2024
    Pour ne pas oublier l'invisible

    Pour ne pas oublier l'invisible

    Pour ne pas oublier l'invisible

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    Pour ne pas oublier l'invisible
  • 1968
    Dream of Water

    Dream of Water

    Dream of Water

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    A poetic study of thirst. Stylized images of flowing water and the face of a young woman flowing past as in a metaphysical dream. The magic and...

    Dream of Water
  • 1970
    Lifelines

    Lifelines

    Lifelines

    01970HD

    Switching between their surreal perspectives, two high school students attempt to find their purpose as they battle their inner demons and a...

    Lifelines
  • 1967
    July Dust

    July Dust

    July Dust

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    “Poussières de Juillet”, produced in 1967 by Hachemi El-Chérif, is taken from a poem by Kateb Yacine. "We made a film on...

    July Dust
  • 2017
    Between Pudukkottai & Singapore

    Between Pudukkottai & Singapore

    Between Pudukkottai & Singapore

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    This short documentary features poet N Rengarajan, a migrant worker from Pudukkottai, India who sustains a practice of poetry as a way of life while...

    Between Pudukkottai & Singapore
  • 2013
    Restless Leg Saga

    Restless Leg Saga

    Restless Leg Saga

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    In this edition of Moulton's narrative series, the artist's character Cynthia suffers from Restless Leg Syndrome, and seeks relief in pharmaceutical...

    Restless Leg Saga
  • 2018
    Where are the African Gods?

    Where are the African Gods?

    Where are the African Gods?

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    A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney...

    Where are the African Gods?
  • 1991
    Miguel Ramón Utrera

    Miguel Ramón Utrera

    Miguel Ramón Utrera

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    Documentary about the poet Miguel Ramón Utrera.

    Miguel Ramón Utrera
  • 1988
    The Bitter Berry: The Life and Work of Byron Herbert Reece

    The Bitter Berry: The Life and Work of Byron Herbert Reece

    The Bitter Berry: The Life and Work of Byron Herbert Reece

    01988HD

    A docu-drama depicting the life and work of celebrated North Georgia poet and novelist Byron Herbert Reece.

    The Bitter Berry: The Life and Work of Byron Herbert Reece
  • 1983
    Moss-Covered Asphalt

    Moss-Covered Asphalt

    Moss-Covered Asphalt

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    A boy-poet from the village enrolls at the elementary school in the nearest city, but the other kids reject him for not being one of theirs. However,...

    Moss-Covered Asphalt