Poetry Movies
- 2020
Brûler
Brûler02020HD
A short poetic narrative about dealing with separation. Told in French and presented to English audiences without subtitles to leave the characters'...
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- 1970
De sangue e cristais
De sangue e cristais01970HD
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- 2018
Love You Sun
Love You Sun102018HD
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- 2004
The Desperado from Kolsva
The Desperado from Kolsva02004HD
About Jösta Hagelbäck (1945-2009), Swedish film director, writer, poet, musician, actor etc. A human bipolar mixture of genius and madman....
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- 2020
We Weren't The Only Ones
We Weren't The Only Ones02020HD
In this short film, poet and holocaust survivor John Guzlowski bears witness to his parents’ survival of Nazi slave labor camps. More than a...
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- 2018
Two Travellers to a River
Two Travellers to a River52018HD
When asked a question on politics, late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish once answered: “I write about love to expose the conditions that...
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- 1970
The Place of Chimeras
The Place of Chimeras01970HD
An elegy about ‘José Ð Almeida’s life and work. Along an intimate metamorphosis, this dreamlike and visually expressive world...
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- 1974
To a Very Old Woman
To a Very Old Woman01974HD
A short film commissioned by CBC based on a poem by Canadian poet Irving Layton.
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- 2023
It's like summer, but in fact it's random
It's like summer, but in fact it's random02023HD
Follow blind poet Paiv as he navigates a sighted world, finding solace through his art.
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- 1967
July Dust
July Dust101967HD
“Poussières de Juillet”, produced in 1967 by Hachemi El-Chérif, is taken from a poem by Kateb Yacine. "We made a film on...
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- 1987
Robert Lax: Word & Image
Robert Lax: Word & Image01987HD
When Robert Lax was approached in the early 1980s about doing a video documentary on him, he had only one condition—that it be focused on his...
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- 1971
La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970
La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 197081971HD
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- 2018
The Blue Years
The Blue Years02018HD
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...
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- 1995
Too Early to Be Quiet, Too Late to Sing
Too Early to Be Quiet, Too Late to Sing101995HD
Only a handful of Yiddish poets remain alive. Chava Alberstein sets out to interview those last writers of Yiddish poetry, to hear their poems and...
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- 2016
Duilian
Duilian02016HD
Inspired by the untold personal story of the 19th-century Chinese poet and revolutionary Qiu Jin, Wu Tsang brings to life, subverts, and re-enacts...
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- 1983
Moss-Covered Asphalt
Moss-Covered Asphalt91983HD
A boy-poet from the village enrolls at the elementary school in the nearest city, but the other kids reject him for not being one of theirs. However,...
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- 2019
Nice Chinese Girls Don't!
Nice Chinese Girls Don't!02019HD
Kitty Tsui, Chinese American writer, poet, body builder, and lesbian activist, tells of her arrival as an immigrant to San Francisco and, amidst the...
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- 1970
Groter dan je bent
Groter dan je bent01970HD
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- 2021
Dogwood
Dogwood02021HD
Martin (Joe Newton) is a casualty of society. He is under appreciated and overworked as a salary man in the city. With mounting pressure on his...
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- 2009
The Music of Life
The Music of Life02009HD
Eldar Ryazanov reads his poetry. An introspective movie on his multifaceted work.
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