Poetry Movies

  • 2020
    Letter to a Young Man

    Letter to a Young Man

    Letter to a Young Man

    02020HD

    A collaborative film created during Lockdown in response to the political landscape and the work of Daisaku Ikeda.

    Letter to a Young Man
  • 2017
    Denim

    Denim

    Denim

    02017HD

    Denim' is a poetic short film by writer, poet and performer Siana Bangura, exploring gentrification and social cleansing in South East London....

    Denim
  • 2023
    Kefi

    Kefi

    Kefi

    02023HD

    A short for all those who worship life and have a poetic soul

    Kefi
  • 1970
    Planet Poetica & the City of Dreams

    Planet Poetica & the City of Dreams

    Planet Poetica & the City of Dreams

    01970HD

    A dream character tries to sell telepathic devices on a dream TV network, only to be confronted with a poetic existential crisis!

    Planet Poetica & the City of Dreams
  • 2022
    Your Eyes Will Be an Empty Word

    Your Eyes Will Be an Empty Word

    Your Eyes Will Be an Empty Word

    02022HD

    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...

    Your Eyes Will Be an Empty Word
  • 2005
    Poetry is Child's Play

    Poetry is Child's Play

    Poetry is Child's Play

    02005HD

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

    Poetry is Child's Play
  • 2022
    Um Dia Eu Fui Zeus

    Um Dia Eu Fui Zeus

    Um Dia Eu Fui Zeus

    02022HD

    Um Dia Eu Fui Zeus
  • 2022
    Beginning’s End

    Beginning’s End

    Beginning’s End

    02022HD

    Beginning’s End
  • 2022
    Spectrum

    Spectrum

    Spectrum

    02022HD

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

    Spectrum
  • 2018
    Infusions

    Infusions

    Infusions

    02018HD

    A video adaptation of Shannon Sankey's poem Infusions. Readings of the poem are combined with old commercials and home video-styled clips depicting...

    Infusions
  • 2021
    P.E.N.S.

    P.E.N.S.

    P.E.N.S.

    02021HD

    There is a cultural tide rising in Houston. Amid the city's museums, historic landmarks, and vibrant nightlife exists a cache of the nation's most...

    P.E.N.S.
  • 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

    01970HD

    A 1979 short dramatization of a poem by Robert Frost.

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

    Eyes

    Eyes

    01970HD

    Set to the poignant words of Shelby Newland and inspired by her poem of the same name-- a poem which won the National Poetry Out Loud competition's...

    Eyes
  • 2022
    CHICKENPOX

    CHICKENPOX

    CHICKENPOX

    02022HD

    CHICKENPOX is a poetry/film/zine project which seeks to undermine the binary of love and violence; to show that they are much more intertwined than...

    CHICKENPOX
  • 1999
    Figures

    Figures

    Figures

    01999HD

    Three short experimental video lyrics based on the classical figure.

    Figures
  • 1988
    The Bitter Berry: The Life and Work of Byron Herbert Reece

    The Bitter Berry: The Life and Work of Byron Herbert Reece

    The Bitter Berry: The Life and Work of Byron Herbert Reece

    01988HD

    A docu-drama depicting the life and work of celebrated North Georgia poet and novelist Byron Herbert Reece.

    The Bitter Berry: The Life and Work of Byron Herbert Reece
  • 1970
    Don't Take Harlem

    Don't Take Harlem

    Don't Take Harlem

    01970HD

    “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...

    Don't Take Harlem