Poet Movies

  • 2026
    Observing as the World Burns

    Observing as the World Burns

    Observing as the World Burns

    02026HD

    Observing as the World Burns: Poems is an evocative, introspective short film that transforms lines of verse into raw visual poetry—confronting...

    Observing as the World Burns
  • 1970
    Voices & Visions: T.S. Eliot

    Voices & Visions: T.S. Eliot

    Voices & Visions: T.S. Eliot

    01970HD

    T. S. Eliot has been considered by many to be the leading American poet of this century. His contemporaries in the 1920s recognized in “The...

    Voices & Visions: T.S. Eliot
  • 2017
    Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor

    Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor

    Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor

    02017HD

    Michael Wood explores the life, works and influence of one of the world's greatest storytellers who died 2,000 years ago. When an Elizabethan...

    Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
  • 2007
    Ekelöf's Blick - En Nordisk Diktarresa

    Ekelöf's Blick - En Nordisk Diktarresa

    Ekelöf's Blick - En Nordisk Diktarresa

    02007HD

    Ekelöf's Blick is a film about swedish poet and mystic Gunnar Ekelöf. The film is an attempt to visually articulate how Ekelöf saw...

    Ekelöf's Blick - En Nordisk Diktarresa
  • 2024
    Riyadh Poem

    Riyadh Poem

    Riyadh Poem

    02024HD

    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...

    Riyadh Poem
  • 2020
    Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: Write Your Own Code

    Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: Write Your Own Code

    Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: Write Your Own Code

    02020HD

    As Genesis and I were working on the documentary film "Change Itself” (released in 2016), we agreed that it would be great to also have Genesis...

    Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: Write Your Own Code
  • 1976
    Karel Jonckheere

    Karel Jonckheere

    Karel Jonckheere

    01976HD

    Documentary about the life and work of Flemish poet Karel Jonckheere looked at from four perspectives/professions: farmer, fisherman, sheepherder and...

    Karel Jonckheere
  • 1971
    London Line No. 373

    London Line No. 373

    London Line No. 373

    01971HD

    A Ghanaian fashion student and a Nigerian squash player are among the Africans making a life in 70s Britain.

    London Line No. 373
  • 2024
    Recite With Your Hands

    Recite With Your Hands

    Recite With Your Hands

    02024HD

    Yeong-in, an editor, poetry student, and deaf person, attends a public reading of a poetry collection she has edited. Yeong-in records the poet's...

    Recite With Your Hands
  • 2026
    If This World Were Mine

    If This World Were Mine

    If This World Were Mine

    02026HD

    If This World Were Mine: Poems is an intimate, cinematic short film adaptation of a layered poetic journey—a visual meditation on identity,...

    If This World Were Mine
  • 2016
    Kenneth: Ron Padgett

    Kenneth: Ron Padgett

    Kenneth: Ron Padgett

    02016HD

    Ron Padgett (1942- ) is a poet and editor whose artistic career took off during his teenaged years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There, along with Joe Brainard...

    Kenneth: Ron Padgett
  • 2025
    Rilke - Du musst Dein Leben ändern

    Rilke - Du musst Dein Leben ändern

    Rilke - Du musst Dein Leben ändern

    02025HD

    A major poet of the early twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is as much part of pop culture as the literary canon. The Austrian writer...

    Rilke - Du musst Dein Leben ändern
  • 1970
    Pra Milan i Rtanjska bića

    Pra Milan i Rtanjska bića

    Pra Milan i Rtanjska bića

    01970HD

    Pra-Milan (73) is a poet, philosopher, and two-time presidential candidate from the 1990s. After winning a lawsuit against the state for the...

    Pra Milan i Rtanjska bića
  • 2016
    NYC: Ron Padgett

    NYC: Ron Padgett

    NYC: Ron Padgett

    02016HD

    Ron Padgett (1942- ) is a poet and editor whose artistic career took off during his teenaged years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There, along with Joe Brainard...

    NYC: Ron Padgett
  • 2017
    Karl's Perfect Day

    Karl's Perfect Day

    Karl's Perfect Day

    62017HD

    A day in the life of Swedish poet Karl Holmqvist.

    Karl's Perfect Day
  • 1990
    Searching for Layla al-'Amiriya

    Searching for Layla al-'Amiriya

    Searching for Layla al-'Amiriya

    01990HD

    Libyan film based on a work by Ahmad Ibrahim al-Faqih. The film's events revolve around an Arab woman, her status and varying roles, examined through...

    Searching for Layla al-'Amiriya
  • 2019
    The Poem, My Old Mother

    The Poem, My Old Mother

    The Poem, My Old Mother

    02019HD

    In a small rural village in Jeollanam-do, senior ladies learn to read and write from Mrs. Kim at a 'Sall Library at the Road,' a community library...

    The Poem, My Old Mother