Poetry Movies

This video by Coco Fusco includes footage of the artist traveling by boat around Hart Island, the site of New York’s public cemetery that was...

The four elements that bring our earth together fight for attention to bring more awareness to our mother earth. A poem guides us through the...

This film is a documentary portrait of the great Bulgarian Writer and poet Valeri Petrov.

A lost chapter in black British film: extraordinary rushes from a documentary showcasing talented members of the black community.

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

How have one poet and his single book of poetry from the last century continued to inspire people today? A Life That Sings follows the legendary poet...

In a film bursting with lyrics, pictures, and music the director shows us a way into the peculiar universe of Tóroddur, and the otherwise not...

The film is an unusual portrait of Slovak poet Jozef Urban who tragically died. Nevertheless, his short life was enough for his work to influence...

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

"The Rustic Poet" follows Isaias Riquelme, an 89-year-old poet from the Araucanía region, Chile, in a journey through his life story, highs...

After his parents' death in a traffic accident, Ibrahim decides to go to their summer house, where he goes every summer with his family, alone this...

Another entry in the Edgar A. Guest's Poetic Gems Series.

Two childhood friends grew up and face strange feelings now. One of them tries to explore that feelings by words and their relationship becomes...

A woman's walk through time and search for true freedom. The inner look breaks with the punishment of immobility, and the woman's destiny becomes a...

Reclaiming what was once stolen from him, a man journeys back to the place of his childhood nearly 80 years after his world came crashing down.

An invitation to listen to someone who uses words to explore the interaction between man and modern times. In her mountain hut in Ciaminades, in Val...

Rose the rabbit seeks her way home in this poetic story of reclamation, recovery, and reconciliation.

A boy and a girl are left homeless while expecting their baby to be born. Together they leave the familiar world and set to the unknown.

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...