Poetry Movies

  • 1970
    Des Hortensias en Hiver

    Des Hortensias en Hiver

    Des Hortensias en Hiver

    01970HD

    Des Hortensias en Hiver
  • 1935
    The Old Prospector Talks

    The Old Prospector Talks

    The Old Prospector Talks

    01935HD

    An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. It features the original song Take Me Home to the Mountain by Loesser & Herscher.

    The Old Prospector Talks
  • 1971
    This is It

    This is It

    This is It

    4.81971HD

    James Broughton's creation myth, THIS IS IT, places a 2-year-old Adam and a bright apple-red balloon in a backyard garden of Eden, and works a small...

    This is It
  • 2023
    Idiocies

    Idiocies

    Idiocies

    02023HD

    "Four boys drinking tomato juice and beer for God knows why..."

    Idiocies
  • 2024
    Pieces Within

    Pieces Within

    Pieces Within

    02024HD

    A poet's muse calls on his inner child to save their relationship.

    Pieces Within
  • 2018
    Here: A Visual Poem

    Here: A Visual Poem

    Here: A Visual Poem

    02018HD

    An experimental visual poem combining film, animation, photography, and archival footage inviting people to occupy the Black Body and examine the...

    Here: A Visual Poem
  • 1984
    Assaltaram a Gramática

    Assaltaram a Gramática

    Assaltaram a Gramática

    01984HD

    Through performatic acts and some exposition, a group of poets of that 1980's generation make great use of words, poems and rebellious acts...

    Assaltaram a Gramática
  • 2018
    The Blue Years

    The Blue Years

    The Blue Years

    02018HD

    Rubén tries to describe the color blue as "The color of dreams, of art, of the ocean and of the firmament", thereby unleashing half a century...

    The Blue Years
  • 2020
    The Infinite

    The Infinite

    The Infinite

    02020HD

    Animation inspired by the poem “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi.

    The Infinite
  • 2010
    Outremer

    Outremer

    Outremer

    02010HD

    A video collaboration by writer Fanny Howe and artist Maceo Senna.

    Outremer
  • 1993
    Grunge Pedal

    Grunge Pedal

    Grunge Pedal

    01993HD

    Starring Vehicle for Free Kitten. Kim Gordon, Julie Cafritz, & Mark Ibold lounge on suburban lawns, jamming a guitar effects box & Japanese beat...

    Grunge Pedal
  • 2014
    These Heathen Dreams

    These Heathen Dreams

    These Heathen Dreams

    32014HD

    Once described by the press as "one of the most controversial figures on the Australian art scene", avant-garde poet and playwright Christopher...

    These Heathen Dreams
  • 2020
    Language Of Mules

    Language Of Mules

    Language Of Mules

    102020HD

    Language of Mules is a poignant exploration of the haunting legacy of the Holocaust through the eyes and words of poet and author John Guzlowski....

    Language Of Mules
  • 2020
    Lejano Interior

    Lejano Interior

    Lejano Interior

    102020HD

    A "cinematic object" by Mariano Llinás, divided into 9 chapters, based on the poetry of Henri Michaux.

    Lejano Interior
  • 2021
    The World of Marcel Proust

    The World of Marcel Proust

    The World of Marcel Proust

    82021HD

    Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the great novels of world literature. The documentary immerses itself in the very own cosmos,...

    The World of Marcel Proust
  • 2020
    No Interest

    No Interest

    No Interest

    02020HD

    A short animation film based on the question "What is your interest?", a question that can be quite confronting for all kinds of people and...

    No Interest
  • 2026
    Ouroboros

    Ouroboros

    Ouroboros

    02026HD

    Ouroboros delicately captures Highgate Cemetery’s gothic architecture, ivy-draped tombs, and nature-reclaimed landscapes, drawing on staff...

    Ouroboros
  • 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
  • 1973
    Sing a Song, Poet

    Sing a Song, Poet

    Sing a Song, Poet

    4.41973HD

    About the life and work of the poet Sergei Yesenin, his connection with his native country, its people and nature. Childhood, love, painful searches...

    Sing a Song, Poet
  • 2008
    Etel Adnan: Words in Exile

    Etel Adnan: Words in Exile

    Etel Adnan: Words in Exile

    02008HD

    The film reconstructs through an array of visual fragments, a multiplicity of languages, of peoples and their identities, the unique portrait of the...

    Etel Adnan: Words in Exile