Poetry Movies

A boy recalls his grandmother’s guidance on how to cross the street. Retracing this ritual, his memory, faith, and childhood converge.

The brilliant writing and troubled life of Californian Larry Levis came to an abrupt halt when he died at age 49. Is self-destruction required for a...

A man wrestles with the nature of life after death and the purpose of his soul over the shadowy presence of his lost love, Lenore.

"I thought of all those gloves I see here and there on the street and it's like they're waiting for someone to turn around, look for them, take them...

‘Death Sounds a Quiet Gong’ was originally screened at Village Works (12 St. Marks Place, New York City, NY) on October 24, 2025. The...

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...

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.

Documentary about the poet Miguel Ramón Utrera.

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

A collaborative film created during Lockdown in response to the political landscape and the work of Daisaku Ikeda.

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

A naked girl reads and discusses about 30 poems.

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

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

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

An experiment and a dialogue about recording, the act of filming and the colors available to whoever points the camera somewhere.

CHICKENPOX is a poetry/film/zine project which seeks to undermine the binary of love and violence; to show that they are much more intertwined than...