Poetry Movies

  • 2014
    Poetry Is an Island, Derek Walcott

    Poetry Is an Island, Derek Walcott

    Poetry Is an Island, Derek Walcott

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    Intimate portrait of poet, playwright, painter and filmmaker Derek Walcott, set in his beloved native island, St Lucia.

    Poetry Is an Island, Derek Walcott
  • 1993
    A Life Together: Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon

    A Life Together: Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon

    A Life Together: Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon

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    Performance and conversation with husband-and-wife poets Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon at a New Jersey festival, in their Wilmot (N.H.) hometown and...

    A Life Together: Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon
  • 2023
    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

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    The work is a video-poem, an exploration and reflection on the sense of vision as a tool to understand signifiers - but also and more importantly, as...

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes
  • 1970
    Don't Take Harlem

    Don't Take Harlem

    Don't Take Harlem

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    “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
  • 2017
    Sangria

    Sangria

    Sangria

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    Sangria is intended to discuss the women's role in Brazil since colonization until nowadays, once the females have been silenced and battered for...

    Sangria
  • 2020
    Dichterbij

    Dichterbij

    Dichterbij

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    Hilmano van Velzen, the "Homeless Poet" wants nothing more than to become famous with his poetry. But his addiction and character get in the way.

    Dichterbij
  • 2016
    Duilian

    Duilian

    Duilian

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    Inspired by the untold personal story of the 19th-century Chinese poet and revolutionary Qiu Jin, Wu Tsang brings to life, subverts, and re-enacts...

    Duilian
  • 1998
    Le verbe incendié

    Le verbe incendié

    Le verbe incendié

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    Le verbe incendié
  • 1976
    The Centuries Surround Me with Fire

    The Centuries Surround Me with Fire

    The Centuries Surround Me with Fire

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    A documentary, originally produced for Dutch television, on the life and works of Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938), the groundbreaking Soviet poet and...

    The Centuries Surround Me with Fire
  • 2012
    In My Country Men Have Breasts

    In My Country Men Have Breasts

    In My Country Men Have Breasts

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    Akbari was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and she lost her breasts due to the cancer. After she directed, wrote and acted 10+4 which showed her...

    In My Country Men Have Breasts
  • 2017
    Farewell Happy Fields

    Farewell Happy Fields

    Farewell Happy Fields

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    A young filmmaker struggles with her mental illness as she makes a documentary with the author Fiona Wright, and challenges her to express her...

    Farewell Happy Fields
  • 2018
    Silêncio

    Silêncio

    Silêncio

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    Silêncio
  • 2002
    Keny-atta

    Keny-atta

    Keny-atta

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    Clay animation from the album "Sensational Resistance in the Ultra Discount" published by Bakhåll Publishing in March 2002.

    Keny-atta
  • 1981
    Angel of the Night

    Angel of the Night

    Angel of the Night

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    Michael Strunge and other young Danish poets, accompanied by images of night-time Copenhagen.

    Angel of the Night
  • 2025
    Quevedo para el desayuno

    Quevedo para el desayuno

    Quevedo para el desayuno

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    Quevedo para el desayuno
  • 2022
    La Ciudad de los Cesares

    La Ciudad de los Cesares

    La Ciudad de los Cesares

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    Daniela wanders around Santiago in search of "The City of the Caesars", a Chilean film that has disappeared. She meets Bárbara and Manuel, who...

    La Ciudad de los Cesares
  • 1970
    Forever Young

    Forever Young

    Forever Young

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    Yu-rye Kim, she began studying literature late in her life and debuted as a poet at 67. Now 86, she still carves her life through poetry and...

    Forever Young
  • 2025
    Dragphoria

    Dragphoria

    Dragphoria

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    Dragphoria is a short film about drag and identity, finding yourself in a noisy crowd, and slowly accepting yourself after a long-awaited denial.

    Dragphoria
  • 2024
    Voir le soleil se lever dans la lune

    Voir le soleil se lever dans la lune

    Voir le soleil se lever dans la lune

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    Voir le soleil se lever dans la lune
  • 1970
    The Story of Everything

    The Story of Everything

    The Story of Everything

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    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...

    The Story of Everything