Poetry Movies

  • 2008
    Etel Adnan: Words in Exile

    Etel Adnan: Words in Exile

    Etel Adnan: Words in Exile

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    The film reconstructs through an array of visual fragments, a multiplicity of languages, of peoples and their identities, the unique portrait of the...

    Etel Adnan: Words in Exile
  • 2009
    The Art of Drowning

    The Art of Drowning

    The Art of Drowning

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    Ponders the possibilities of what awaits us at the end of our life.

    The Art of Drowning
  • 2023
    Afterimages

    Afterimages

    Afterimages

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    A film-poem created for Counterclock Journal's 2023 Patchwork: Film x Poetry fellowship, featuring an original poem by Mackenzie Duan and animation...

    Afterimages
  • 2025
    Causa

    Causa

    Causa

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    Three surreal stories intertwine in a strange anthology of causality, effect and consequence: An actress who will do everything in her power to get...

    Causa
  • 2018
    Here: A Visual Poem

    Here: A Visual Poem

    Here: A Visual Poem

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    An experimental visual poem combining film, animation, photography, and archival footage inviting people to occupy the Black Body and examine the...

    Here: A Visual Poem
  • 2021
    Wè

    Wè

    Wè

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    As Black and LGBTQ+ History Month begin this February, material science clothing brand PANGAIA leads celebrations with a poetic film that honors...

    Wè
  • 2014
    The Inspired Island: A Life That Sings

    The Inspired Island: A Life That Sings

    The Inspired Island: A Life That Sings

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    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...

    The Inspired Island: A Life That Sings
  • 2017
    Between Pudukkottai & Singapore

    Between Pudukkottai & Singapore

    Between Pudukkottai & Singapore

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    This short documentary features poet N Rengarajan, a migrant worker from Pudukkottai, India who sustains a practice of poetry as a way of life while...

    Between Pudukkottai & Singapore
  • 2007
    sucking on words

    sucking on words

    sucking on words

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    sucking on words is a documentary film that features interviews with, and extensive performances by, the American poet Kenneth Goldsmith. It also...

    sucking on words
  • 2016
    The Lady in the Book - Sylvia Plath, portraits

    The Lady in the Book - Sylvia Plath, portraits

    The Lady in the Book - Sylvia Plath, portraits

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    "The Lady in the Book" is Sylvia Plath, a major author of 20th-century American poetry and a feminist icon following her sudden death at the age of...

    The Lady in the Book - Sylvia Plath, portraits
  • 2020
    The World in Our Hands

    The World in Our Hands

    The World in Our Hands

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

    The World in Our Hands
  • 1948
    A World Is Turning

    A World Is Turning

    A World Is Turning

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

    A World Is Turning
  • 2010
    Pablo de Rokha: El Amigo Piedra

    Pablo de Rokha: El Amigo Piedra

    Pablo de Rokha: El Amigo Piedra

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    Documentary film about the great forgotten of Chilean literature. With interviews with family members, poets and artists who knew him, this feature...

    Pablo de Rokha: El Amigo Piedra
  • 2024
    Écrire, vivre, déneiger

    Écrire, vivre, déneiger

    Écrire, vivre, déneiger

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    Écrire, vivre, déneiger
  • 2025
    Poetry on 8 Tape

    Poetry on 8 Tape

    Poetry on 8 Tape

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    Poetry on 8 Tape features eight vignettes of 8 Tape film narrated with poetry that traverses the landscapes of grief, evolution, self-acceptance,...

    Poetry on 8 Tape
  • 1981
    Synapses

    Synapses

    Synapses

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    Réne Manzor's debut short, a surreal story about a tramp trying to build a road through the desert.

    Synapses
  • 2021
    Song of the Flies

    Song of the Flies

    Song of the Flies

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    The experimental animated film Song of the Flies (El Canto de las Moscas), translates the desolation caused by the violence of the Colombian armed...

    Song of the Flies
  • 2016
    Before I Go to Sleep

    Before I Go to Sleep

    Before I Go to Sleep

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    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.

    Before I Go to Sleep
  • 2022
    Your Eyes Will Be an Empty Word

    Your Eyes Will Be an Empty Word

    Your Eyes Will Be an Empty Word

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    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

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

    Poetry is Child's Play