Poetry Movies

“Don’t Take Harlem is my personal love letter to Harlem. This project is dear to me because it allowed me to understand my hometown and...

Short documentary made with archival footage of the poet Elí Martín, and testimonies from family and friends who remember him.

Fernando Lemos, a Portuguese surrealist artist, fled from dictatorship to Brazil in 1952 searching for something better. The movie follows the last...

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...

Soura stumbles upon a bluebell field and is left in a haunting trance, plagued by disturbing visions. She returns to the field, desperate for a...

A being from the stars becomes trapped in a human body.

In a desperate conflict with his own thoughts, a man tries to find a way to express his feelings to the girl he likes through his mind.

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action,
and because there is only one of you in all time,...

American cowboys have been writing poetry for over a century. This little-known literary tradition both belies the macho image of the Western heroes...

A short 1979 sand animation celebrating women's spirituality with 80-year-old lesbian poet Elsa Gidlow reading her work "What If."

A whole new universe can hide in the smallest speck of ink.

Hilmano van Velzen, the "Homeless Poet" wants nothing more than to become famous with his poetry. But his addiction and character get in the way.

A visualisation of Spennser's multimedia poem for Year 11 English Advanced. He had to write the poem based around his chosen quote from a Gwen...

Aladyn was one of those men who dedicated himself body and soul to experiencing poetry. He was born in Barinas and died in Mérida, Venezuela.

Self-absorbed artist Jenny voices her grievances with the world and the people around her as she enters a series of poetry competitions.

The Black Oud represents a subtle new direction in documentary. I have used the term 'bio-documentary' to describe this slight, though essential,...

Intimate portrait of poet, playwright, painter and filmmaker Derek Walcott, set in his beloved native island, St Lucia.

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