Poetry Movies

An elderly woman finds out by the rumors of her friends that a teenager in her neighborhood has been kicked out of her home for being a lesbian. This...

As the day begins, a woman sets out to go about her routine, until she decides to take her children to the cemetery to see zombies. When she returns...

The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer,...

Lebanon today. The traces of the civil war are all too tangible as government corruption becomes unbearable. In a country where conflict and peace...

Three men in modern Manchester spend each night sleeping in their cars. How did they end up in this situation? How do they cope? Michael Symmons...

A doctor is tasked by his general manager, who suffers from cancer and is being manipulated. Will the important thing be based on what he won, or is...

A conceptual art project exploring poetry in an alternative, modern way. Similar to a collection of short stories this project assembles a series of...

17-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to take over his scaffolding business.

Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitaï offers a look impressionist long history of armed conflict in their nation.

A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.

A psychiatrist attempts to cure a patient who thinks he's the son of Zeus, while dodging the mental ward himself.

A popular high school girl is harassed by a delinquent boy until they are placed in creative writing class together. Through written words, they...

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...

At underground film of the 1st Popular Festival of Catalan Poetry filmed in the Proce Theater in Barcelona on May 25, 1970, in solidarity with...

A dramatic recreation of Dylan Thomas' last tour of America, starring actor Bob Kingdom as the Welsh poet. Originally a successful stage production,...

A personal essay film about the nature of artistic creation and the responsibility that comes along with it.

INFINITY minus Infinity draws on several inspirations: the modernist verse of the Jamaican poet Una Marson, the alluvial invocations of the...