Poetry Movies

  • 2018
    Where are the African Gods?

    Where are the African Gods?

    Where are the African Gods?

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    A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney...

    Where are the African Gods?
  • 1970
    The Place of Chimeras

    The Place of Chimeras

    The Place of Chimeras

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    An elegy about ‘José Ð Almeida’s life and work. Along an intimate metamorphosis, this dreamlike and visually expressive world...

    The Place of Chimeras
  • 1994
    Be Again

    Be Again

    Be Again

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    When it's sunset in Purgatory and dawn on the Ganges it's noon on the Irish Sea. Filmed on Killiney Hill outside Dublin with John Manning...

    Be Again
  • 1970
    Robert Frost's The Death of a Hired Man

    Robert Frost's The Death of a Hired Man

    Robert Frost's The Death of a Hired Man

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    A 1979 short dramatization of a poem by Robert Frost.

    Robert Frost's The Death of a Hired Man
  • 1970
    Drowning Moon

    Drowning Moon

    Drowning Moon

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    A short poem written by the director's uncle during her childhood is illustrated in a vision of bright nocturnal memory.

    Drowning Moon
  • 2020
    Mesmo Nesse Fim de Mar

    Mesmo Nesse Fim de Mar

    Mesmo Nesse Fim de Mar

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    Mesmo Nesse Fim de Mar
  • 2006
    This Beggar's Description

    This Beggar's Description

    This Beggar's Description

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    It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, musician and diagnosed paranoid...

    This Beggar's Description
  • 1993
    Čas naplnil sa...

    Čas naplnil sa...

    Čas naplnil sa...

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    Čas naplnil sa...
  • 2018
    Pomeriggio a Roma

    Pomeriggio a Roma

    Pomeriggio a Roma

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    A naked girl reads and discusses about 30 poems.

    Pomeriggio a Roma
  • 2000
    Ritratti: Andrea Zanzotto

    Ritratti: Andrea Zanzotto

    Ritratti: Andrea Zanzotto

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    Marco Paolini discusses with poet Andrea Zanzotto about nature, history and language.

    Ritratti: Andrea Zanzotto
  • 2015
    Deargdhúil: Anatomy of Passion

    Deargdhúil: Anatomy of Passion

    Deargdhúil: Anatomy of Passion

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    This was a labour of love combining the work of some incredible artists to bring Máire Mhac an tSaoi’s poetry into the medium of film. ...

    Deargdhúil: Anatomy of Passion
  • 2025
    La Belle Dame Sans Merci

    La Belle Dame Sans Merci

    La Belle Dame Sans Merci

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    Inspired by the Poem by John Keats, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" follows the accounts of a dying man (Morgan Holgate) who encountered a mysterious...

    La Belle Dame Sans Merci
  • 2019
    You, the Choice of My Parents

    You, the Choice of My Parents

    You, the Choice of My Parents

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    A poetic journey through the life of a woman going through an arranged marriage, animated on traditional Tongan Cloth called Ngatu.

    You, the Choice of My Parents
  • 2024
    Three Letters: La Mamma Morta

    Three Letters: La Mamma Morta

    Three Letters: La Mamma Morta

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    'La Mamma Morta’ is an aria from the opera Andrea Chenier that is also well-known for its use in a memorable sequence in the Oscar...

    Three Letters: La Mamma Morta
  • 1967
    Dead Youth

    Dead Youth

    Dead Youth

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    The homoerotic poetry of Mutsuo Takahashi sets the stage for these associated images based on male desire.

    Dead Youth
  • 2022
    The Inner Demon / The Inner Angel

    The Inner Demon / The Inner Angel

    The Inner Demon / The Inner Angel

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    "The Inner Demon" consists of a red-saturated pallet that subconsciously produces a danger response in the viewer's mind. This along with the...

    The Inner Demon / The Inner Angel
  • 2023
    WINHANGANHA

    WINHANGANHA

    WINHANGANHA

    02023HD

    WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is...

    WINHANGANHA
  • 2022
    Spectrum

    Spectrum

    Spectrum

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    Filmmaker Tegan Pearce combines autobiographical spoken word and expressive visual direction to present a cinematic interpretation of autism.

    Spectrum
  • 2026
    For Kapisiga Paul Lyons

    For Kapisiga Paul Lyons

    For Kapisiga Paul Lyons

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    FOR KAPISIGA PAUL LYONS is dedicated to the beloved and dearly missed University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa English professor Paul Lyons...

    For Kapisiga Paul Lyons
  • 2018
    Love You Sun

    Love You Sun

    Love You Sun

    102018HD

    Love You Sun